Reports: Government eyeing £400m boiler scrappage scheme

BusinessGreen staff
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The government is targeting 600,000 heat pump installations a year by 2028 | Credit: iStock
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The government is targeting 600,000 heat pump installations a year by 2028 | Credit: iStock

Downing Street considering scheme offering homeowners up to £7,000 grants to switch to low carbon heating alternatives

A £400m boiler scrappage scheme that would offer homeowners grants of up to £7,000 to encourage the switch to low carbon alternatives such as heat pumps is being drawn up by Downing Street, but the proposal...

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