Thousands of MORE households being handed £7,500 free cash for home improvements

Thousands of households can get £7,500 free cash for home improvements that can slash energy bills by THOUSANDS. The support from the new Labour Party government is aimed at helping thousands more families to get £7,500 off the cost of a heat pump, with an extra £30 million for the Boiler Upgrade Scheme this financial year, while almost doubling the budget to £295 million for the next financial year

Minister for Energy Consumers Miatta Fahnbulleh said: "The idea at the heart of our Warm Homes Plan is a simple one – all families deserve the security of a home they can afford to heat. But for too long, that has been out of reach for far too many people who have been left with draughty homes and sky-high bills. That is why we are taking immediate action today to make cleaner heating available to more households.

"This follows our plan to lift over one million households out of fuel poverty by consulting on boosting minimum energy efficiency standards for all renters by 2030, delivering warmer homes and cheaper bills. Households have paid the price in recent years of the energy bill crisis, following Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, which exposed years of overreliance on international gas markets.

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"The government is now overturning this legacy by investing in homegrown, cleaner energy free from the control of dictators." It will oversee around £3.2 billion of investment in warmer homes across 2025 to 2026 from government, social housing providers and supplier obligations, delivering measures to help lower bills and support cleaner heating to up to 300,000 households.

It allows homeowners in England and Wales to get a £7,500 heat pump grant through the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, which had the highest number of applications ever in October according to Ofgem. It will allow households install an air source heat pump without needing to submit a planning application in England – removing the 1m rule, with figures from Octopus showing 34% of those who order a heat pump are discouraged or drop out for reasons attributed to planning permission.