The Government currently offers grants to support households finance the installation of heat pumps and energy-efficient heating systems.

The Government’s Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) offers households grants of up to £6,000 towards the installation of heat pumps and up to £5,000 for air-source heat pumps and some biomass gas boilers.

However, a recent poll of Express.co.uk readers has found widespread support for the £450million scheme to be scrapped.

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