We need a fair heat deal to overcome all the hot air about green homes

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A fair policy strategy to shift away from gas boilers without heaping costs onto householders can win the public’s support - but it is needed fast, writes Green Alliance's Joe Tetlow

The government is right. The way we heat our homes needs to change if we are to reach net zero. Over 85 per cent of UK homes are currently heated using fossil gas and this accounts for around 16 per...

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