Will Vowell
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After successful complaints via IPSO, the Express has been forced to provide correction notices on three articles.
No comment from the Daily Express or Lois Perry herself, but there have been no columns since late August…
Piece by @josiah.writes.news in this month’s @bylinetimes.bsky.social 👇
No comment from the Daily Express or Lois Perry herself, but there have been no columns since late August…
Piece by @josiah.writes.news in this month’s @bylinetimes.bsky.social 👇
October 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
After successful complaints via IPSO, the Express has been forced to provide correction notices on three articles.
No comment from the Daily Express or Lois Perry herself, but there have been no columns since late August…
Piece by @josiah.writes.news in this month’s @bylinetimes.bsky.social 👇
No comment from the Daily Express or Lois Perry herself, but there have been no columns since late August…
Piece by @josiah.writes.news in this month’s @bylinetimes.bsky.social 👇
Errors include:
- “green jobs are down by 28,000 since 2014” (green jobs have risen every year since 2020)
- Miliband wishes to ban all new oil & gas boilers within a decade” (he’s on the record saying he won’t)
- saying heat pumps are 2x as likely to break down as gas boilers (stat is invented)
- “green jobs are down by 28,000 since 2014” (green jobs have risen every year since 2020)
- Miliband wishes to ban all new oil & gas boilers within a decade” (he’s on the record saying he won’t)
- saying heat pumps are 2x as likely to break down as gas boilers (stat is invented)
October 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Errors include:
- “green jobs are down by 28,000 since 2014” (green jobs have risen every year since 2020)
- Miliband wishes to ban all new oil & gas boilers within a decade” (he’s on the record saying he won’t)
- saying heat pumps are 2x as likely to break down as gas boilers (stat is invented)
- “green jobs are down by 28,000 since 2014” (green jobs have risen every year since 2020)
- Miliband wishes to ban all new oil & gas boilers within a decade” (he’s on the record saying he won’t)
- saying heat pumps are 2x as likely to break down as gas boilers (stat is invented)
There is a Clean Heat Market Mechanism, which places an obligation on manufacturers of gas boilers to meet targets for the installation of heat pumps in proportion to their sales of gas boilers. This scheme *does not ban gas heating systems*.
www.gov.uk/guidance/cle...
www.gov.uk/guidance/cle...
Clean Heat Market Mechanism: who it applies to, annual tasks
Check if you're affected by the Clean Heat Market Mechanism (CHMM). See what actions you must take each scheme year.
www.gov.uk
July 9, 2025 at 9:28 AM
There is a Clean Heat Market Mechanism, which places an obligation on manufacturers of gas boilers to meet targets for the installation of heat pumps in proportion to their sales of gas boilers. This scheme *does not ban gas heating systems*.
www.gov.uk/guidance/cle...
www.gov.uk/guidance/cle...
The evidence:
In January 2025, giving evidence to the ESNZ Select Committee, when asked if “there will be a ban on installing new gas boilers in existing homes from 2035”, Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said: “There will not be a ban.”
committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence...
In January 2025, giving evidence to the ESNZ Select Committee, when asked if “there will be a ban on installing new gas boilers in existing homes from 2035”, Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said: “There will not be a ban.”
committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence...
committees.parliament.uk
July 9, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The evidence:
In January 2025, giving evidence to the ESNZ Select Committee, when asked if “there will be a ban on installing new gas boilers in existing homes from 2035”, Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said: “There will not be a ban.”
committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence...
In January 2025, giving evidence to the ESNZ Select Committee, when asked if “there will be a ban on installing new gas boilers in existing homes from 2035”, Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said: “There will not be a ban.”
committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence...