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Octopus boss Greg Jackson is urging new PM Andy Burnham to overhaul the electricity market and move levies into general taxation, reversing the previous government’s decision. New independent analysis by FTI, commissioned by Octopus Energy, shows overhauling the market and introducing a system that is already used successfully in many OECD countries would cut the […]

HPA UK (Heat Pump Association UK) has published Heat Pump Installer Member Priorities: Recommendations for Government and the Wider Sector to Support the Heat Pump Workforce. These recommendations have been developed collaboratively with HPA UK’s Installer Members, reflecting the views of nearly 250 installation businesses of all sizes.  They come as the government sets out […]

The government has announced that it will move to break link between gas and electricity prices. Instability in the Middle East has shown that Britain’s reliance on international fossil fuel markets leaves families and businesses exposed to volatile gas prices. New plans include long‑term fixed‑price contracts for renewables Immediate action to tax excess profits through […]

Thousands of Brits have been rushed to hospital after being left to live in freezing homes – with new data pointing to the real culprit being sky high electricity prices that are leaving people vulnerable to a growing winter health threat. NHS Trusts reported a 66% surge in admissions for pneumonia, a 45% increase in […]

Martyn Bridges, Director of External Affairs at Worcester Bosch, run through the likely impact of the Warm Homes Plan on installers. The Labour government’s Warm Homes Plan promises to slash household bills by up to £500 a year and create hundreds of thousands of trade jobs. Following consecutive delays, the final details have now been […]