The government’s proposals to replace gas boilers with heat pumps lack “clear direction”, MPs have said. A report produced by the cross-party Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee said current policies are not ambitious enough.

Ministers have said that they want to see at least 600,000 heat pumps installed in UK homes each year by 2028. The heat and buildings strategy, published by the government last year, also said that no new gas boilers should be installed in buildings after 2035.

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