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How buy-to-let landlords can prepare for the 2025 EPC deadline

What Mortgage has run an opinion piece on how to prepare for the EPC changes. It can be read here, but please note that the date for the EPC rating is still not known, not is the date. You can see the letter we have written to the ministers about this, as well as our […]

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Government announces team of leading experts to boost energy efficiency

The Government has announced a team of leading experts as the members of a new dedicated taskforce charged with improving the energy efficiency of the nation’s homes and buildings and with it, cutting the country’s energy use. Details can be seen here, and says: The new Energy Efficiency Taskforce is chaired by Minister Lord Callanan […]

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Are heat pumps worth installing?

A small survey commissioned by Market Financial Solutions has found that less than a fifth of those surveyed have replaced their property’s boiler with a carbon neutral heat pump – and almost half of those who had made the change said that it had not made any notable improvement to the property’s energy efficiency. Conversely, […]

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Energy cliff edge avoided and forced meter change extended

The Treasury has performed a U-turn on a planned cut to energy support for households after warnings that it would plunge many thousands more families into poverty. In an announcement on the morning of the chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s budget speech, the government confirmed that the energy price guarantee would continue at its current rate, which […]

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BPF call to scrap VAT for landlords trying to improve EPC ratings

The British Property Federation is calling on the government to use next week’s Budget to zero-rate VAT on work which allows homes to improve their energy efficiency. The BPF argues that the government has a critical role to play in supporting property owners and needs to act to relieve the pressures facing those in the […]

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Rules regarding commercial energy use

From 1 April 2023, the regulations are tightening and it will become unlawful for a landlord to “continue to let” a sub-standard property unless they have made all possible cost-effective energy efficiency improvements prescribed by MEES or one of the exemptions applies. Landlords .. will need to act soon Landlords of existing leases of commercial […]

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Chancellor urged to commit extra £6bn a year on energy efficiency in homes.

A coalition of charities and campaigners have demanded the chancellor funnel more funds into making Britain’s leaky housing stock energy efficient at next week’s budget to help cut bills and protect the environment. In a letter to Jeremy Hunt, more than 20 organisations asked the government to set aside at least £6bn a year over […]

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Today the ONS confirmed Government is still spending almost £9bn on energy price subsidy and support.

iHowz ask why 2 years on the new MEES are not published and only limited finance available for energy efficiency in homes
https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/publicsectorfinance/bulletins/publicsectorfinances/february2023

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