Government considering £7,000 grants for heat pumps

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Ministers looking at quadrupling funding for existing Clean Heats Grants scheme and extending it by a year

Homeowners could be given grants of at least £7,000 to replace their gas boilers with heat pumps under plans being considered by Boris Johnson.

The government is said to be looking at hugely expanding an existing scheme called Clean Heat Grants to boost take-up of low carbon alternatives to traditional heating systems.

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