The Energy Secretary has signed off on a proposal to impose swingeing taxes on boiler manufacturers if they fail to meet his targets for installing heat pumps.
Ed Miliband has revived controversial plans for a ‘boiler tax’ in a bid to meet Labour ’s eye-watering climate change targets.
Tory energy spokesman Claire Coutinho, who scrapped the move while in government, condemned the move. She accused ministers of trying to force people to instal heat pumps by driving up the price of gas boilers. The Energy Secretary has signed off on a proposal to impose swingeing taxes on boiler manufacturers if they fail to meet his targets for installing heat pumps – targets that industry sources have branded ‘unachievable’
Mr Miliband’s department acknowledged that a majority of those responding to a consultation on the issue ‘did not support’ the target and that ‘several suggested the target was unachievable’. Indicative targets published by the Government suggest this will rise to 10 per cent the following year, 17 per cent the year after and 27 per cent – around 400,000 installations – in 2028.Firms that fail to install enough heat pumps will be hit with fines of £500 for every additional gas boiler they sell, rising to £3,000 the following year.
But Tory leader Kemi Badenoch questioned the value of the target – and pointed out the PM had yet to publish a plan to hit it or said what it will cost to achieve.Why the 'boiler tax' is such a heated debate
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