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Where latest £4bn will go

THE Government’s ‘heat and buildings strategy’ – unveiled last week – will cost £3.9 billion and is aimed at decarbonising buildings as the UK moves towards net zero.

The money is intended to be used as follows:

£450 million

Grants to persuade private homeowners to buy heat pumps instead of new gas boilers.

£800 million

Earmarked for the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund, which carries out energy efficiency upgrades for housing associations and other social landlords.

£950 million

Money for the Home Upgrade Grant scheme, which is for energy efficiency upgrades for local authority tenants.

£1.425 billion

Allocated to the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme, which provides grants for public sector bodies to fund heat decarbonisation and energy efficiency measures.

£338 million

To help the Heat Network Transformation Programme, which aims to decarbonise the UK’s heat network sector.

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