Penalties drafted as part of ‘clean-heat plan’ to hasten take-up of eco-friendly heat pumps replaced by quota system
The UK government is poised to scrap the so-called “boiler tax” after manufacturers hiked the price of new gas boilers to cover the fines they have to pay if new targets to fit eco-friendly heat pumps in homes are missed.
Such a move will disappoint environmentalists and comes several months after Rishi Sunak announced a watering down of the UK’s net zero policies, a climbdown that included pushing back the deadline for banning new petrol and diesel cars.
