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Future generations to pay ‘heavy price’ for Sunak’s climate U-turn, RIBA warns

By 2023-09-21T10:20:00

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Fines for landlords who don’t upgrade their properties axed while a fifth of households to be exempt from boiler ban

RIBA president Muyiwa Oki has ripped into Rishi Sunak’s U-turn on a raft of key climate pledges that will see a fifth of homes exempt from the ban on gas boilers and weaken energy efficiency rules for landlords.

Oki said future generations will pay a “heavy price” for the policy change, which he argued signals that the government has “no real intention to lead the charge towards net zero”.

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