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What about boilers? The speech also touched on the heating of homes, particularly efforts to transition from boilers to heat pumps, although there were no major policy changes in this area. The government has set out an exemption to phase out fossil fuel boilers by 2035 - pushing it back from 2026. This is expected to cover about a fifth of homes. Mr Sunak also announced an increase in grants to help those making the transition from boilers to heat pumps - this would rise from £5,000 to £7,500. "There are no strings attached - the money will never need to be repaid," he said, adding that people would not be forced to make the change. "We'll never force anyone to rip out their existing boiler and replace it with a heat pump," he said. No new energy efficiency targets on homes The prime minister also pledged to scrap policies that would force landlords to upgrade energy efficiency in their homes, but would "encourage" households to do so. The old policy was that from 2025, new tenancies would only be possible on properties with an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) of C or higher - from 2028, this would apply to existing tenancies as well. Both have been scrapped. An EPC shows how energy-efficient a building is, in relation to the amount of heat and light it uses, and gives scores ranging from A-G. Mr Sunak also said his government would "continue to subsidise energy efficiency". Net zero 2050 target remains Despite the policy changes...