Make electricity cheaper so households benefit from heat pumps, advisers urge

At the moment a household with a heat pump pays £490 a year on policy costs alone (Alamy/PA) -

The cost of electricity must be cut so people feel the cash benefits of moving to clean tech such as heat pumps and electric vehicles, climate advisers have urged.

The independent advisory Climate Change Committee (CCC) also warned that pollution from flights now outstripped the emissions from generating electricity in the UK and aviation’s climate impacts must be reflected in the cost of flying.