Solar panels to be required on nearly all new homes, Miliband confirms

By Daniel Gayne2025-06-06T10:43:00

Government will only allow ‘rare exceptions’ to requirements set to be included in Future Homes Standard

Nearly all new homes will have to be built with solar panels under new rules announced this week by energy secretary Ed Miliband.

The new requirement, which had long been rumoured but until now officially unconfirmed, will be included in the Future Homes Standard (FHS), which is set to be published this autumn.

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