In theory pensioners get free work done by Warm Front, but they do rip people off a lot.

It would make a lot more sense to just provide cheap loft insulation for people to roll out themselves.
Family could help install it, or charities life Help The Aged where there is no family.

As for the rest of us, the government's plan of 50% is stupid as it'll still cost much much more to have someone come and fit it than to buy it yourself.

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/CheapInsulation2/
Any signatures would be much appreciated.

I can't see how this would work.  Yes, loft insulation is essential, but you also need a decent modern boiler which works.

We still have the loft insulation which my first husband laid down - it was one of the first things he did when we moved here in 1990.  But we still needed the new boiler and that was installed for us under the WarmFront scheme at no cost to us.  The existing insulation was checked and pronounced to be still good, still adequate.  It was originally laid between joists and then a floor laid on top of that - one of the reasons we were able to have the boiler installed in the loft space.