Sounds like they wanted to increase the price of boilers by 3k... They got what they wanted.
Ohh... Did they want to externalize the bad press of forcing expensive environmental change? Curious how that works.
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Rishi is a cunt and doesn't care about the UK.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The move, which will disappoint environmentalists, 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.
Companies are required to match, or substitute, 4% of their boiler sales with heat pumps or face a fine of £3,000 for every installation they fall short by.
Now Claire Coutinho, who became energy secretary in September, is reportedly minded to scrap the target and fines after concluding that it was bad for consumers.
“Boiler manufacturers have saddled families with indefensible price hikes – this is not right,” a government source told the Sunday Times.
A formal decision has not been announced, but according to the report, Coutinho believes ditching the policy may be the only way to get manufacturers to drop their prices again and that the government can still hit its target of 600,000 heat pumps through other schemes and incentives.
“We remain committed to our ambition of installing 600,000 heat pumps a year by 2028,” said a Department for Energy Security and Net Zero spokesperson when approached for comment.
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Such a crap way to go about the incentivising. "Voters are fed up with us giving money to big business, so we can't use carrot incentives".
"What about stick, with a cliff edge? That can't possibly blow back!"