Overview
- The programme targets upgrades for up to 5 million homes and aims to lift up to 1 million households out of fuel poverty by 2030.
- The package allocates £5bn for free upgrades for low‑income households, about £2bn for zero or low‑interest consumer loans, £2.7bn for heat pump grants, £2.7bn for a Warm Homes Fund, £1.1bn for heat networks, and £1.5bn for other programmes including devolved administrations.
- New rules under the Future Homes Standard will require solar panels on new builds, with a government goal to triple rooftop solar by 2030 and accelerate heat pump installations toward roughly 450,000 per year.
- Homeowners will be offered government‑backed loans for solar, batteries and heat pumps alongside a universal £7,500 heat pump grant, including a new offer for air‑to‑air heat pumps.
- A new Warm Homes Agency will coordinate delivery with local mayors driving rollout, renters will gain stronger protections that could lift around 500,000 families out of fuel poverty, and reactions range from broad support to criticism over costs and the need for stronger insulation focus and consumer safeguards.