The MCS Foundation has welcomed measures announced today, including an uplift to the BUS for households reliant on heating oil or LPG, and relaxing of planning restrictions for the installation of heat pumps

New polling reveals that a majority of MPs back measures that would mean no new fossil fuel boilers could be installed from 2035, with heat pumps and other zero-emissions systems being the default replacement.

A new report reveals that a majority of the public support government action to end the installation of fossil fuel boilers from 2035, with zero-emissions heating systems such as heat pumps being the default when a boiler needs replacing. 

Three in five people across Britain support a commitment to clean heat that would mean all new heating systems from 2035 are zero-carbon, with the majority being heat pumps.  

31 March 2026 (London): Our CEO Garry Felgate shares his thoughts on the impact of the Future Homes Standard, and its implications for the ongoing mission to ensure all UK homes benefit from being carbon free. 

24 March 2026 (London): The MCS Foundation has welcomed confirmation that the vast majority of new homes in England will have solar panels and low carbon heating systems.

23 March 2026 (London): Professor Mary Ethna Black is the new Chair of The MCS Foundation, a national charity working to decarbonise UK homes, its Board of Trustees has announced. 

19 March 2026: The MCS Foundation has welcomed Government proposals to allow more businesses, as well as schools and other non-domestic settings, to benefit from homegrown energy in the form of small-scale wind. 

11 March 2026: The MCS Foundation has welcomed the Welsh Government’s announcement that all new homes in Wales will be fitted with solar panels as well as low carbon heating such as heat pumps from Spring 2027. 

The MCS Foundation funded research by Under One Roof to explore how building reserve funds could support the transition to clean heating for flats in Scotland.