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Rishi Sunak urged to scrap looming restriction for off-grid homes as Conservatives fear rural backlash
Rishi Sunak is being urged to scrap a net zero ban on new oil boilers, with senior Tories warning it will cost votes in rural communities.
New oil boilers will be banned in off-grid homes within three years, with households encouraged to switch to heat pumps under government proposals to help cut heating emissions.
George Eustice, who was environment secretary in Boris Johnson’s government, is now calling for the ban to be dropped – describing the policy as “a Ulez for rural communities”.
The ban will affect 1.7 million mostly rural households that are not connected to the gas grid and would come in at least a decade before similar restrictions on other homes.