THE government was urged today to ditch plans to cut the heat pump subsidy scheme to funnel money into arms.At present, the boiler upgrade scheme offers households grants of up to £9,000 to help with the costs of installing a heat pump in an initial design to both kick-start the industry and drive down carbon emissions.The grants helped drive a 56 per cent jump in heat pump installations in 2024 and a further 7 per cent last year.

THE government was urged today to ditch plans to cut the heat pump subsidy scheme to funnel money into arms.

At present, the boiler upgrade scheme offers households grants of up to £9,000 to help with the costs of installing a heat pump in an initial design to both kick-start the industry and drive down carbon emissions.

The grants helped drive a 56 per cent jump in heat pump installations in 2024 and a further 7 per cent last year.

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  • OwOarchist@pawb.socialEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    Short-sighted indeed.

    Increase defense spending (mainly against Russia), but abandoning projects that would reduce your dependence on Russian oil and gas…