'Clean heat discount': Government urged to scrap levies on electric heating

Cecilia Keating
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'Clean heat discount': Government urged to scrap levies on electric heating

EDF, E.ON, Nationwide, and Vaillant call for an end to 'unfair' penalisation of households making the switch to heat pumps

Energy companies, green campaign groups, trade organisations, and heat pump manufacturers have teamed up to call on the government to provide a "clean heat discount" for households that use electric heating....

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