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Ed Miliband is coming for your electric towel rail in Net Zero drive - as critics brand the move 'Soviet'

ENERGY Secretary Ed Miliband is planning to ban the sale of towel rails and gas fireplaces. He also pledged yesterday to bar underfloor heating systems in his latest Net Zero push. He wants to bring in new energy efficiency requirements that will result in more than a third of “space heating system...

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What happened Underfloor heating, gas fires and storage heaters are also in the Energy Secretary's sights as he tries to cut Britain's carbon emissions.
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Right / center-rightNet Zero zealot Ed Miliband blasted over plan to ban gas fires and heated towel rails

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The SunNews report · Jun 12, 9:47 PM

Net Zero zealot Ed Miliband blasted over plan to ban gas fires and heated towel rails

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ENERGY Secretary Ed Miliband is planning to ban the sale of towel rails and gas fireplaces. He also pledged yesterday to bar underfloor heating systems in his latest Net Zero push. He wants...

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Daily MailNews report · Jun 12, 11:39 PM

Ed Miliband is coming for your electric towel rail in Net Zero drive - as critics brand the move 'Soviet'

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Underfloor heating, gas fires and storage heaters are also in the Energy Secretary's sights as he tries to cut Britain's carbon emissions.

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Daily ExpressNews report · Jun 12, 9:42 PM

Ed Miliband 'plotting underfloor heating ban' in latest net zero brainwave

The Energy Secretary has been accused of 'Soviet-level intrusion' and letting people's lives be 'dictated by net zero'.

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