By Paul Homewood
Fury as Labour quietly reintroduces the ‘boiler tax’ – which has already cost households £100 – with Ed Miliband accused of trying to ‘force’ heat pumps on Brits by making gas boilers unaffordable.
Labour is being accused of trying to ‘force’ heat pumps on Britons amid fury at the Government for ‘quietly’ reintroducing the ‘boiler tax’.
Ed Miliband, Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary, today unveiled latest measures in his ‘Warm Homes Plan’ for installing new heating tech and insulating more homes.
But the Tories hit out at the Government for using the announcement of the fresh measures to sneak out confirmation it is introducing a new ‘Clean Heat Market Mechanism’ from April.
This will require 6 per cent of sales by boiler manufacturers to be heat pumps, or for them to pay a charge for each missed installation.
Manufacturers have previously pushed back against what they have dubbed the ‘boiler tax’.
Many firms – including Worcester Bosch and Vaillant – have already pushed up the price of their boilers by around £100 in a bid to offset the cost of possible fines.
Ed Miliband, Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary, today unveiled latest measures in his ‘Warm Homes Plan’ for installing new heating tech and insulating more homes
Manufacturers have pushed back against what they have dubbed the ‘boiler tax’. It will require 6% of their sales to be heat pumps, or for them to pay a charge for each missed installation
The Government will also change planning rules that require heat pumps to be at least one metre from the property boundary.
Under Labour’s new version of the scheme, the charge for each missed installation will be reduced from £3,000 to £500 for the first year.