Welsh Government to ban fossil fuel heating in new social homes from October

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Devolved authority unveils fresh green guidelines for social house building, and hopes the private sector will soon follow suit

Fossil fuels will no longer be used to heat new social homes built in Wales from October this year, under new building standards unveiled by the Welsh Government yesterday, The fresh guidelines - ‘Welsh...

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