Reports: Government mulls gas boiler phase out delay amid cost concerns

Cecilia Keating
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Ministers reportedly considering pushing back deadline for phase out of fossil fuel heating systems to 2040 following backlash over cost

Number 10 could be set to push back a proposed ban on new gas boilers by a further five years to 2040 amid disagreements in Whitehall over the costs of transitioning the households away from fossil fuel...

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