Sunak says gas boilers can stay and delays ban on oil-fuelled heating

By Tom Lowe2023-09-20T16:30:00

Heat pump grants also increased by 50% in major net zero policy shake-up

A fifth of households will now never have to replace their gas boiler, Rishi Sunak said tonight. The prime minister also increased grants to replace old boilers with more energy efficient devices such as heat pumps by 50%.

In a press conference setting out a major shake-up of the government’s net zero agenda, the prime minister said the UK needed a more “pragmatic and realistic approach to net zero which eases the burden on British people”.

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