Just one hitch - Caborn needed Prescott's approval.
"Do you want the good news or the bad news?"
"Give me the good news."
"The American's gone."
"Thank f*** for that. What's the bad news?"
"We've asked Seb Coe."
"Seb f****** Coe!"
"He's got two gold medals, John."
"He's still a f****** Tory."

🧑‍🔧💷 PS The £7,500 grant (increased 50% by Rishi Sunak in his Net Zero Sceptic phase, though he tended not to mention it) is A LOT. More than covers cost of a unit & a lot of labour. And many more homes will be comfortably heated by one without new insulation/windows, despite what you might hear 4/4

⚡️🚗🤔 Might this compromise tell us something about Labour's approach to the car industry & EVs, where the same issues apply? An industry worried about fines for missing electrification targets is calling for looser rules, and consumer incentives to buy, of which there are barely any 3/4

Well the new government has announced the Clean Heat Market Mechanism will proceed with concessions to industry. Fines for missing targets cut from £3,000/unit to £500 in first year with £295m to fund £7,500 grants for heat pump installation 2/4 assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/673e0f...