Millions of people across the UK are now able to apply for a free £6,000 payment from the government towards doing home upgrades. To get the cash, you'll need to own your own home and live in England or Wales. The news comes as the Government plans to ban gas boilers in all new build properties from 2025.
And the scheme, which opened yesterday, aims to encourage more Brits to switch to heat pumps. Under current plans, the Government wants to ban gas boilers in all new build properties from 2025 so that the installation of gas boilers could then be phased out entirely from 2035, as part of its plans to reach net zero by 2050.
The plans to ban gas boilers are still proposals at this stage. It is thought households would only have to switch to another energy source once their existing gas boiler has stopped working.
