Boiler Upgrade Scheme

Claire Coutinho reportedly preparing to 'cave in' to lobbying from boiler manufacturers who she recently accused of 'price gouging, plain and simple'

MCS Foundation celebrates record numbers of installations for clean heating systems in UK buildings over the course of last year

Government unveils funding boost for energy efficiency and heat pump programmes, as Treasury confirms plans for new carbon border levy

DESNZ also confirms plans to launch market mechanism to incentivise heat pump manufacturing next year, as uptake of energy efficiency grants moves at sluggish pace

Government confirms plans to ramp up heat pump grants in bid to encourage more households make the switch from fossil gas heating

Proposed changes to grant scheme aim to make it cheaper and easier for more households and small businesses to install heat pumps

Over 60 locations in England to offer heating engineers £500 discounts on training courses to become fully qualified heat pump installers

Major new survey by Nesta shows majority of heat pump owners – in both old and new homes - are satisfied with their heating capabilities

Demand for grants through the Boiler Upgrade Scheme continues to grow, prompting warnings that without an expansion of its budget, the scheme risks being oversubscribed

Only a third of budget for government's flagship Boiler Upgrade Scheme was deployed in its first year, but heat pump advocates insist reports of the grant programmes failure are both premature and exaggerated