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Homeowners Hit With £120 ‘Boiler Tax’ to Cover Government Net Zero Heat Pump Fines

by Will Jones
16 December 2023 3:00 PM

Homeowners face being hit with a ‘boiler tax’ of around £120 per boiler as manufacturers attempt to offset the cost of the fines imposed by Government to coercively push the heat pump rollout. The Telegraph has the story.

Worcester Bosch has announced the price of all its gas boilers will increase by £120 in the new year, while Vaillant is also preparing to increase its prices by £95.

The Government aims to install 600,000 heat pumps a year from 2028, but Worcester Bosch said it had “no option” but to raise the price of boilers as the U.K. market “does not have the scale” to meet Government targets. 

It said it took the decision following the implementation of new rules designed to incentivise heat pump installations which will result in companies who undershoot Government-mandated quotes being fined.

Worcester Bosch said “to cover the costs of these fines and remain in business” it had “no option but to raise the prices of the boilers we sell to meet what is in effect a boiler tax”.

As part of its Net Zero drive to reduce carbon emissions, the Government will introduce its “Clean Heat Market Mechanism” (CHMM) in January 2024.

The price increases are being implemented to offset government plans to fine manufacturers for failing to meet sales quotas for heat pumps from next year.

The scheme aims to incentivise manufacturers to sell more heat pumps by requiring that 4% of all gas boiler sales are matched in volume with heat pump sales. 

New builds, which are required by law to have a heat pump from 2025, are exempt from the scheme. 

However, industry forecasts suggest around half of heat pumps set to be installed next year will be in newly built houses, and will therefore not count towards the sales quota.

Worth reading in full.

Tags: Climate AlarmismCoercionGas BoilersGreen LeviesHeat PumpNet Zero

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Marcus Aurelius knew
Marcus Aurelius knew
2 years ago

Less service for extortionate prices.

Yeah, so this country has now almost* completed its 20 year transition to a Socialist state. Which is not a good thing, by the way.

“The inherent vice of capitalism** is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent vice of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.”

Thatcher.

* I hold a little hope it’s not complete

** capitalism proper, not the crony capitalism we’re all suffering under.

Last edited 2 years ago by Marcus Aurelius knew
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stewart
stewart
2 years ago
Reply to  Marcus Aurelius knew

“The inherent vice of capitalism** is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent vice of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.”

Except of course that it’s not equal really. The leaders and bureaucrats in the socialist state get an “unequal share of the blessings”.

The privileged are just a different group of people – with a different set of incentives.

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MikeAustin
MikeAustin
2 years ago

Doctors ‘treating’ themselves?

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Bella Donna
Bella Donna
2 years ago

I’m appalled at this news. Frankly my GP’s practice certainly isn’t worth it and as for my local hospital – the government is pouring taxpayers money down the drain!

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DanClarke
DanClarke
2 years ago

Very shortsighted, as this attitude of doing less for more money actually comes back to bite everyone even GP’s when they want a service.

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stewart
stewart
2 years ago

The classic hallmarks of public services:

  • Bad service, bordering on disdain for customers
  • Badly organised
  • Overpriced

But no, no, the NHS is a national treasure…

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BurlingtonBertie
BurlingtonBertie
2 years ago
Reply to  stewart

It has been raised to the status of a religion or cult….

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stewart
stewart
2 years ago
Reply to  BurlingtonBertie

Absolutely. I hadn’t realised to what extent until I saw the over the top NHS adoration at the London Olympics. That was just creepy as hell.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
2 years ago
Reply to  BurlingtonBertie

The NHS is the ecumenical division of the religion commonly referred to as ‘The Science.’

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JohnK
JohnK
2 years ago

No surprise that some like to work ‘part time’ as long as it generates enough cash!

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wokeman
wokeman
2 years ago

Presently in the medical system myself awaiting diagnosis of severe left lung pain and recent light headedness. Very comforting I have private medical care as scans and blood tests are being done promptly. I hate to think where I’d be with the pot banging COVID service.

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EppingBlogger
EppingBlogger
2 years ago

I assume consultation in person data must include nurse practitioners. In my town there is no way those percentages were achieved by the GPs

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BurlingtonBertie
BurlingtonBertie
2 years ago

Looks like they’re still suckling at the financial teat… Being incentivised to accelerate boosters in care home residents.

https://metatron.substack.com/p/the-elderly-arent-dying-quickly-enough?r=sfv9y&s=r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=direct

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Dr G
Dr G
2 years ago

Is there a private GP sector in Britain?
As an ex-GP in Australia, my experience is that the vast majority of GP consultations are unnecessary (scripts for unnecessary drugs, viral infections that don’t need treatment, government forms to fill in), but “free” doctor visits encourage many to attend when there is no need.

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morganlefey
morganlefey
2 years ago

GPs who have actively cooperated with the satanic ‘covid vaccine’ agenda should now familiarise themselves with the Nuremberg Doctors Trials

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morganlefey
morganlefey
2 years ago

speaking of GPS, please spare a thought for Kate and Gerry McCann, viciously slandered by our nonce secret service perpetrators as somehow complicit in the disappearance of their daughter

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DevonBlueBoy
DevonBlueBoy
2 years ago
Reply to  morganlefey

They did leave her in their apartment whilst they were out drinking and eating. The word “somehow” therefore seems appropriate.

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marebobowl
marebobowl
2 years ago

The same GP’s that won’t see pts in person. The same GP’s still requiring people to wear masks in surgeries when the science is clear, masks do not work? The same GP’s who are scared of their own shadow. Oh right, yes, I can see why they received raises.

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