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England’s gas boiler ban for new homes should begin next year, say MPs

3 February 2022

A committee of MPs says the UK government should update plans to ban gas boilers from new homes, introducing the move next year rather than in 2025
Air pollution halved in first UK lockdown but fell less in the third

Air pollution halved in first UK lockdown but fell less in the third

27 April 2021

During the first coronavirus lockdown, air pollution halved in the UK, but more recent lockdowns saw a drop of only 28 per cent as more people used gas boilers while working from home and for keeping warm during the winter

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