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部长们准备削减热泵补贴以资助国防开支Ministers preparing to slash heat pump subsidies to fund defence spending

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该计划提供最高9000英镑的补助金,已帮助数万户家庭用电热泵替换燃气锅炉。摄影:Michael Probst/APThe scheme provides grants of up to £9,000 and has helped tens of thousands of households to install an electric heat pump in place of a gas boiler. Photograph: Michael Probst/AP

独家:能源预算中所需的20亿英镑节省预期部分将来自锅炉升级计划,消息人士称。

部长们正准备削减用于补贴热泵的资金,以寻找资助更高国防开支的途径,消息人士向《卫报》透露。

Exclusive: Some of £2bn savings needed from energy budget expected to come from boiler upgrade scheme, sources say Ministers are preparing to slash the amount of money available to subsidise heat pumps as they look for ways to fund higher defence spending, sources have told the Guardian.

部长们预计将在本周尽快批准Jackdaw气田项目。摄影:Murdo MacLeod/The GuardianMinisters are expected to give the go-ahead to the Jackdaw gasfield as soon as this week. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian
能源大臣米亚塔·法恩布勒需要在其部门预算中节省20亿英镑。摄影:Temilade Adelaja/ReutersMiatta Fahnbulleh, the energy secretary, has to find £2bn of savings from her department’s budget. Photograph: Temilade Adelaja/Reuters

能源部长米亚塔·法恩布勒被指派从其预算中寻找超过20亿英镑的节省,以帮助支付前政府制定的国防投资计划。

Miatta Fahnbulleh, the energy secretary, has been tasked with finding more than £2bn in savings from her budget to help pay for defence investment under a plan drawn up by the previous government.

这些总体削减方案由前任能源大臣埃德·米利班德同意,当时的首相基尔·斯塔默正在寻找筹集四年内增加150亿英镑国防开支的方式。摄影:Toby Melville/PAThe overall cuts were agreed to by the former energy secretary, Ed Miliband, as the then prime minister Keir Starmer looked for ways to fund a £15bn rise in defence spending over four years. Photograph: Toby Melville/PA