Rural homes must not be heating 'guinea pigs'

Rural dwellers must not be ‘guinea pigs’ in the Government’s drive to decarbonise heating, think-tank Localis has warned. 

Hannah Binns
News Reporter
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Rural homes must not be heating 'guinea pigs'

Rural dwellers must not be ‘guinea pigs’ in the Government’s drive to decarbonise heating, think-tank Localis has warned. Their latest report found the 2026 ban on fossil fuel boilers for off-grid homes...

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