
Matthew Wright 7am - 10am
19 October 2021, 15:59 | Updated: 19 October 2021, 16:30
Lawyer and LBC host Dean Dunham outlines how the government's scheme to replace old gas boilers misses the mark.
On the face of it the news that households will be offered grants of £5,000 to replace their gas boiler with a low carbon heat pump in a bid to cut emissions sounds like positive news, both for the environment and consumer.
However, the rhetoric and reality of this scheme are miles apart and when you dig deeper you soon realise that only the wealthy will benefit, and this benefit will not be today, but in years to come.
There are three fundamental problems with the scheme:
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It may sound trendy to have the latest carbon heat pump boiler and it may be environmentally friendly, but it certainly isn’t a scheme designed to assist those families who really need help with increasing energy bills.