Britain is going cold on Labour’s net zero obsession, new figures suggest. Fewer than 100,000 heat pumps were installed last year, meaning the UK is now operating at one-sixth of the required pace.

And experts say the UK will fall dramatically short of its target to install 600,000 a year by 2028 – potentially delaying progress by a decade. It is another hammer blow to Energy Secretary Ed Miliband’s dream of decarbonising the UK's electricity system by 2030.

Mike Foster, boss of the Energy and Utilities Alliance, said: “The industry is ready to move faster, but the policy framework isn’t keeping pace.”

Heat pumps are energy-efficient heating and cooling systems that move heat from the outside air, ground, or water to the inside of a building, using electricity. For every unit of electri

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