Energy experts slam Labour's controversial 'boiler tax' plan and say eye-watering climate change targets are 'unachievable' By JASON GROVES POLITICAL EDITOR Published: 17:03 EST, 21 November 2024 | Updated: 17:26 EST, 21 November 2024 e-mail 68 View comments Ed Miliband has revived controversial plans for a ‘boiler tax’ in a bid to meet Labour’s eye-watering climate change targets. The Energy Secretary has signed off on a proposal to impose swingeing taxes on boiler manufacturers if they fail to meet his targets for installing heat pumps – targets that industry sources have branded ‘unachievable’. A similar plan was scrapped by the Conservative government this year after the sector warned it would add £120 to the cost of a new boiler – leading it to be dubbed the ‘boiler tax’. But Mr Miliband, who toughened Britain’s climate change targets this month, yesterday revived the idea, prompting fears the price of a gas boiler will increase next year. Tory energy spokesman Claire Coutinho, who scrapped the move while in government, condemned the move. She accused ministers of trying to force people to instal heat pumps by driving up the price of gas boilers. ‘Labour have quietly introduced a new tax on boiler companies that don’t sell enough heat pumps,’ she said. ‘It gives Ed Miliband open-ended powers to force heat pumps on people by making the price of gas boilers unaffordable. Ed Miliband (pictured) has revived controversial plans for a ‘boiler tax’ in a bid to meet Labour’s eye-watering climate change targets The Energy Secretary has signed off on a proposal to impose swingeing taxes on boiler manufacturers if they fail to meet his targets for installing heat pumps – targets that industry sources have branded ‘unachievable’ (stock image) Mr Miliband’s department also slipped out new guidance that will allow people to install a heat pump less than a metre from their neighbour’s boundary, despite warnings it will lead to a flood of complaints about noise (stock image) ‘The climate change lobby have been itching to get this on the statute book for years because it uses higher costs to force people to buy heat pumps. We need to put living standards first.’ Industry chiefs say the new targets for installing heat pumps are ‘unachievable’ because of high costs and public scepticism. Mr Miliband’s department acknowledged that a majority of those responding to a consultation on the issue ‘did not support’ the target and that ‘several suggested the target was unachievable’. But a government source said ministers had decided to press ahead regardless and were ‘confident that the target is realistic and achievable’. Mr Miliband’s department also slipped out new guidance that will allow people to install a heat pump less than a metre from their neighbour’s boundary, despite warnings it will lead to a flood of complaints about noise. Current limits on the size of the ugly boxes will also be removed as ministers try to spark a huge increase in installations. And plans to ban the installation of gas boilers in new homes from next year will go ahead. Read More Expert shares 6 tips on how use apps to save cash - saying you could cut up to £140 off energy bills The last government set a target of installing 600,000 heat pumps a year by 2028. But a recent National Audit Office review of the scheme found that, despite heavy subsidies, in its first year in 2022/23 just 18,871 heat pumps were installed, far below the 50,000 target for that year. By contrast, roughly 1.5 million gas boilers were installed, mostly to replace worn-out models. Under the new target, which will come into force from April, at least 6 per cent of all domestic heating installations will have to be heat pumps – equal to around 90,000 new systems. Indicative targets published by the Government suggest this will rise to 10 per cent the following year, 17 per cent the year after and 27 per cent – around 400,000 installations – in 2028. However, the regulations leave Mr Miliband free to raise the targets even higher. Firms that fail to install enough heat pumps will be hit with fines of £500 for every additional gas boiler they sell, rising to £3,000 the following year. Mike Foster, of the Energy and Utilities Alliance, said: ‘The challenge the Government faces is not the lack of supply of heat pumps – you can buy one today if you want – it is the lack of consumer demand. ‘As officials have acknowledged, they cost considerably more to buy than a gas boiler; they cost more to run than a gas boiler and they are more disruptive to fit in the home compared to simply replacing a boiler. 'These things need addressing.’ Sir Keir Starmer yesterday said the Government was right to unilaterally toughen Britain’s climate targets, requiring this country to cut emissions by 81 per cent by 2035. But Tory leader Kemi Badenoch questioned the value of the target – and pointed out the PM had yet to publish a plan to hit it or said what it will cost to achieve. She told MPs that the Government was putting ‘press releases before practicality’. Why the 'boiler tax' is such a heated debate What has Ed Miliband proposed? From next April, boiler manufacturers will have to ensure that heat pumps account for at least 6 per cent of installations. They will be fined £500 for every extra gas boiler over this limit, with the fines rising to £3,000 the following year. The proportion of new heat pumps is also expected to rise the following year to at least 10 per cent. How much will the cost of a new boiler go up? Industry sources said this year that the plans would drive up the average price by up to £120 to cover the cost of paying new fines. The Government yesterday cut the proposed fines from £3,000 to £500 for the first year. But the level of heat pump installations required has risen from 4 per cent to 6 per cent. Why are they doing this? Heating accounts for 40 per cent of all gas use in the UK. Mr Miliband’s target to cut UK emissions by 81 per cent by 2035 will require a big shift away from gas boilers over the next decade. But the boiler industry says the plan will work only if ministers can persuade the public to embrace heat pumps. Otherwise, it will simply push up the cost of gas boilers. How is it going so far? The National Audit Office found that just 18,871 new heat pumps were installed in 2022/23, compared with 1.5million new gas boilers. But last year’s decision to raise the £5,000 installation grant by 50 per cent has led to a surge in interest, with a record 3,223 people applying for a grant in September. Why has take up of heat pumps been so slow? On average they are four times as expensive to install and remain more costly even after a government grant worth £7,500 is taken into account. Critics claim they are also more expensive to run and struggle to produce enough heat in winter, although supporters insist these problems can be overcome with better insulation. 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As the Canada Postal worker strike drags on into a third week, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is calling on the federal government to step in. "Seventy-five per cent of small businesses in Canada are impacted by the strike at Canada Post, and it's costing small businesses a huge amount of money; $76 million per day is lost because of the strike," said Jasmin Guenette, CFIB National Affairs Vice-President. "If the strike doesn't end by Wednesday, it will have cost small businesses $1 billion in revenue." According to the CFIB, that includes a combination of lost sales and the increased cost of doing business. It's a busy time of year for local businesses, which have had to pivot, including Vamos Outdoors in Almonte. "We are very blessed, we have wonderful customers," said owner Lisa Nye-Labonte. "November and December are our busiest months of the year." Nye-Labonte says the business increased the price of shipping by 10 per cent to adjust to other carriers like UPS and it has hit pause on overseas sales. "Internationally, we have noticed the price is quite high and so, in those instances, we have refunded orders and lost sales due to that," she said. The CFIB says it's small businesses who are paying the price. "Either impose binding arbitration or introduce back-to-work legislation because the strike cannot continue for many more days," said Guenette. The United States Postal Service has also suspended mail and package delivery to Canada temporarily. This comes as some local businesses like Needle in a Craft Stack close online stores temporarily. "Eighty per cent of my shop is letter mail, so a couple postal stamps compared to shipping to someone's front door is a huge jump," said owner Melissa Tachie-Menson. As the strike continues into the busiest time of year, it begs the question of whether businesses like Vamos Outdoors will return once it's over. "I don't know," said Nye-Labonte. "It is convenient for us, but I do feel that they do need to make some changes." Canada Post says it presented the union with a framework to reach negotiated agreements in the dispute, while the union says its negotiators are reviewing the proposal. Shopping Trends The Shopping Trends team is independent of the journalists at CTV News. We may earn a commission when you use our links to shop. Read about us. 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WOBURN, Mass., Dec. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bridgeline Digital, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLIN ), a global leader in AI-powered marketing technology, today announced financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter ended September 30, 2024. "HawkSearch is the leader in AI-powered product discovery. This year we nearly doubled our sales contracts, launched a new HawkSearch site every week, had better than 103% net revenue retention for HawkSearch, and released 5 AI products under the HawkSearch brand,” said Ari Kahn, Bridgeline's President and Chief Executive Officer. "We begin 2025 with the largest sales pipeline in the company's history, an AI product suite that both existing customer and new customers need, and an outstanding industry reputation from customers and analysts.” Financial Highlights - Fourth Quarter of Fiscal Year 2024 Bridgeline Digital, Inc. will hold a conference call today, December 23, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss these results. 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The cancer is bipartisanship,” boomed Steve Bannon, the Trump adviser who perhaps more than any other reflects and stokes the president-elect’s pugilistic populism. “We don’t need partisanship,” Bannon continued, as he called for Johnson’s ouster. “We need hyper-partisanship.” The president-elect has wide latitude with his core supporters and is in turn responsive to their demands. That dynamic fuels the unpredictability put on display in last week’s budget fight and sets up inevitable future conflicts within Trump’s broadened Republican coalition. That Trump failed to achieve his central goals — with 38 Republicans voting against a plan backed by Trump and Musk — seemed unimportant to Bannon and others who welcomed Trump to the conference’s Sunday finale. The fight itself, and the incoming president being at the center of it, was the point. “Thank you, God, for sending us Donald Trump,” said Turning Point founder Charlie Kirk as Trump took the stage. Thousands roared and held their cell phones aloft to capture the moment. Interviews with people at AmericaFest and arguments from speakers illustrated that, beyond fealty to Trump, the new right in America is defined philosophically by anti-establishment sentiment, staunchly conservative social mores and vocal declarations of patriotism — not a uniform policy consensus. “I just want everything Trump said he was going to do,” said Andrew Graves, a 39-year-old former Disney employee who now works as an Arizona organizer for Turning Point. “It doesn’t matter how as long as we get it done.” Pressed on what “it” is, Graves mentioned “what’s going on in education” and “keeping women out of men’s sports.” He talked about Trump’s signature promises – tariffs on foreign imports, a hardline immigration crackdown – only when prompted. Jennifer Pacheco, a 20-year-old student from Southern California, said she embraced Turning Point because she likes Kirk’s unapologetic Christianity and believes “we need to have God be more present in this country.” In Trump, Pacheco sees a transformative figure. “It’s just everything that’s off track, and I think we will see things get fixed,” she said, talking about the economy and cultural values. When asked, Pacheco said she does sometimes worry about national debt levels. But she said she did not closely follow the week’s maneuvers in Washington and was unfamiliar with Trump’s call to essentially eliminate the nation’s debt ceiling through the entirety of his upcoming term. Alexander Sjorgen, a 26-year-old from Berks County, Pennsylvania, volunteered a more detailed list of policy priorities: addressing structural deficits, goosing domestic energy production, launching a mass deportation program, curtailing “the transgender rights” agenda, rethinking how involved the U.S. is in international affairs. “For the most part, we all just want to see the country strong again and feel like its ours again,” he said. That ethos permeated convention halls and meeting rooms awash in Trump paraphernalia – the “Make America Great Again” hats, T-shirts emblazoned with the bloodied candidate after Trump survived an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania. Among the throngs, there was the occasional fully costumed “Uncle Sam” or Revolutionary War figure. Top speakers seized on the atmosphere, being greeted as celebrities and drawing roars of approval on everything from demanding confirmation of Trump’s Cabinet picks to imprisoning members of Congress who investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. “It feels good to win back our country,” Kirk told the opening assembly. But, he added, “the transformation of the Republican Party is not yet complete.” He threatened primaries against any GOP senator who votes against a Trump nominee, warnings that have already affected Capitol Hill. Bannon praised the assembled activists as “the vanguard of a revolutionary movement” and compared Trump’s election to Franklin Roosevelt’s 1932 realignment of working-class Americans behind Democrats. Bannon skewered Johnson and other establishment Republicans in “the imperial capital,” his derisive quip for Washington. “President Trump came back from the political dead,” Bannon said, framing Trump’s sweep of seven battleground states as a landslide. “We have nothing else to discuss. It’s only about the execution of President Trump’s agenda.” During 75 minutes at the podium on Sunday, Trump ticked through many of his usual pledges and policy ideas. But he did not acknowledge his unsuccessful venture on Capitol Hill last week or continued questions about whether he will try to unseat Johnson. Summing up his intentions, Trump opted for politically fuzzy rhetoric. “Last month, the American people voted for change,” he said, touting a ”common-sense” agenda and promising a “golden age” for the country. Kirk, Bannon and other influencers discussed the Trump agenda in more detail than most attendees, sometimes even acknowledging discrepancies and complexity. Bannon conceded Trump did not get his way on the debt ceiling vote but said he eventually would. But he also insisted that doesn’t mean Trump won’t cut spending. “He’s got a plan. ... But you’ve got to line everything up,” he said, spotlighting billionaires Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy and their “government efficiency” commission. Ben Shapiro, another commentator, offered assurances that Trump would rethink tariffs if they “are in fact inflationary.” Further, Shapiro tried to reconcile Trump’s staunch support for U.S. aid to Israel and conservatives’ disdain for foreign aid, including for Ukraine in its war against its invading Russian neighbors. Israel’s fight against Hamas, Shapiro argued, is “existential,” suggesting that Ukraine’s defensive posture is not. Retired Gen. Michael Flynn, a firebrand forced out of Trump’s first White House who Trump has suggested he would bring back once in office, insisted conservatives are not isolationist even as he assailed the Pentagon footprint around the world. “I’m not anti-war,” Flynn said from the main podium. “I’m anti-stupid war.” Kirk, meanwhile, tried to frame any differences across Trump’s coalition as reconcilable. “Maybe you are a parents-rights advocate. Maybe you are here as a Second Amendment enthusiast. ... Maybe you are a pastor. Maybe you are a ‘Make America Healthy Again’ advocate,” Kirk said. “Whatever focus group you have, as long we can agree on the big stuff ... we need to combine forces and defeat the incumbent regime. Welcome aboard. We are going to make America great again.”
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