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The Conservative party will scrap the unpopular Home Improvement Packs (Hips) scheme if they are elected at the next election.

In fact they are so determined to reverse this scheme that Grant Shapps MP, the Shadow Housing Minister, is already preparing the Civil Service and existing HIPs businesses for the abolition of Home information packs, if the Conservatives form the next government.

Of course for the HIPs businesses and the home inspectors who have invested in their training and new careers, this spells very bad news indeed. Grant Shapps is warning them to basically “start looking for a new job”!

Most of the contents of home information packs do seem to be redundant, and of little interest to house buyers, however as I reported yesterday, the energy efficiency report is forcing householders to reduce the energy requirements of their homes.

The Conservatives take a strong stance on green issues so surely they must seriously consider keeping the energy efficiency report even if they consign the rest of the contents of the HIP to the bin.