Ed Miliband's Net Zero plans suffer double blow as heat pump rollout stalls and climate change concerns wane
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Ed Miliband's Net Zero plans suffered a double blow today as official figures showed Britain's heat pump rollout has stalled - while separate Government data revealed concern about climate change is receding.Official figures show just 2,459 heat pumps were installed through the Government's Boiler Upgrade Scheme in May - 147 fewer than in the same month last year.The setback comes as the latest Government survey found the proportion of people saying they are "very concerned" about climate change fell from 44 per cent in autumn 2021 to 34 per cent this spring.
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Overall concern about climate change has also dropped from 85 per cent to 78 per cent over the same period.
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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Over the past 12 months, the Government-backed Boiler Upgrade Scheme averaged just 2,582 installations a month, leaving ministers a long way short of the pace needed to achieve Labour's target of 450,000 heat pump installations a year by 2030.The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero's...
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