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Critics blast UK plan to cut heat pump subsidies for defence spending
Original: Slashing the heat pump subsidy to fund the megapolluting arms industry is not only economically illiterate, it will deci
The UK government is being criticised over reports it plans to slash the boiler upgrade subsidy for heat pumps while directing more funding to defence. Critics, including renewable energy advocates, call the move economically illiterate, arguing it will devastate the country's fledgling heat pump industry. They say Labour's growth promises conflict with cutting support for renewables in favour of arms spending.
Why now: Frustration over the UK government's reported trade-off between green home heating subsidies and increased defence funding
UK Labourheat pump subsidy schemeUK defence industry
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- Slashing the heat pump subsidy to fund the megapolluting arms industry is not only economically illiterate, it will decimate the nascent heat pump industry. Labour claims to want growth. The future is in renewables, not war. # HeatPumps # Renewables # Defence # UKPolitics… · junesim63@mstdn.social · 154
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