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Architects welcome government’s gas boiler phase-out

By 2021-10-19T08:32:00

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Plan to give homeowners £5,000 grants for heat pumps outlined in long-awaited heat and buildings strategy

Architects have given a cautious welcome to the government’s announcement that gas boilers are to be phased out.

Homeowners will be able to apply for a £5,000 grant to install a heat pump from April next year as part of a raft of announcements in the long-awaited heat and buildings strategy.

Due to be published later this morning, the strategy will set out how the government aims to decarbonise the UK’s 30 million buildings as it tries to reach net zero by 2050.

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