Should the Government do a U-turn on its gas boiler ban?

It's clear that air source pumps in the UK aren't going to make the grade as a real alternative to gas boilers - it's also true that if you have enough land the alternative ground source pumps in the UK do seem to function well. Speaking personally I don't know any landlords who haven't already taken steps to deal with an improvement in the energy performance of their housing stock - so I think rather than watch the EPC rating clock, on landlord properties, the government needs to seek what work in progress has been performed by way of proper audit. Some 100 year+ property stocks are a little tricky to nudge the ratings downwards for.

How many millions were spent on consultation? A plan has been researched, developed and implemented with sound reasoning to just throw it all away on a whim?

We need new housing and we need to regenerate old buildings. Every single development whether new build or regeneration should maximise the opportunity to improve energy performance.

It’s incredibly rich to suggest any changes are to help families and landlords when every other policy seems to do the opposite.