Heat pump subsidies have remained intact in the budget despite speculation that they might be cut.

The Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS)remains unscathed, but the lack of certainty remains an issue.

Other sustainable issues in the Budget include a cut to prices at local, lower-powered EV chargers across Britain, the gas standing charge is being scrapped and moved to usage bills, and the existing VAT cut on electricity bills and the 5.1p fuel duty discount, scheduled to end in April, have been extended. This will be paid for by increasing the Bank Corporation Tax Surcharge, before ending on 31 March 2028.

And in future, the Government has committed to breaking the pricing link between wholesale gas and electricity markets.

From spring 2027, the Government will provide £100m over two years to cut charging costs for motorists using lower-powered public charge points near their homes. It will cover chargers typically found on residential streets, where drivers can leave their vehicles to charge for several hours or overnight. These make up around a third of the current charging network.

The Government will also be taking forward the recommendation from the independent review of EV charging costs to launch a “tariff porting” taskforce led by industry experts to explore allowing drivers to use their cheaper domestic energy tariff at certain public chargers.

As of 21 October, drivers will also no longer need planning permission to install cross-pavement chargers which run under pavements from people’s homes to their cars. Earlier in the year, in February, grants for home and workplace charging installations were extended and increased for flats, rented properties, on-street parking and businesses.

Following the Autumn Statement, Yselkla Farmer, CEO of trade association BEAMA, which represents the electrotechnical manufacturing sector commented: "Industry is waiting for details on the Warm Homes Fund, Warm Homes Agency and successor to ECO, and not publishing these on Budget day was a missed opportunity. The Government’s decision not to renew 0 per cent VAT on energy saving materials doesn’t make sense. On the one hand it is cutting VAT on household electricity bills, but on the other it is adding VAT back onto the products that help people use less energy."

On Electric vehicles, he added that there was also a lack of clarity: "The Government continues to send contradictory messages to consumers. It has announced plans to provide some financial support for those using public chargers, but it has also confirmed plans to introduce EV excise duty, legislate that public charge points must face 20 per cent VAT and revise ZEV Mandate targets."

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