On January 21st 2026 the government published The Warm Homes Plan, described as “the biggest ever public investment to upgrade British homes and cut bills”.
By 2030 the plan aims to:
- Triple the number of homes with solar today by deploying panels on the rooftops of up to 3 million more homes.
- Deliver over 450,000 heat pump installations per year.
- Upgrade up to 5 million homes in total
- Double the amount of heat demand met via heat networks by 2035
The North East and Yorkshire Net Zero Hub’s current Memorandum of Understanding with government gives it the objective of supporting with the implementation of the plan, and this briefing note sets some of the key interventions detailed within it.
The briefing is available WHP Briefing – January 2026