Slowing heat pump installations putting UK at risk of energy shocks, climate watchdog warns

By Tom Lowe2026-06-24T12:56:00

Chris Williamson says report is a ‘wake-up call to act’

Slowing rates of heat pump installations are putting the UK’s climate targets at risk and exposing the country to geopolitical shocks, the government has been told by its own climate watchdog.

The Climate Change Committee’s (CCC) annual report, published today, warned that the government’s annual 2025 plan for reducing carbon emissions had been less ambitious than the previous year’s strategy.

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