
Ministers are preparing to slash(大幅削减) the amount of money available to subsidise(补贴) heat pumps as they look for ways to(寻找方法) fund higher defence spending, sources have told the Guardian.
消息人士告诉《卫报》,部长们正准备大幅削减用于补贴热泵的资金,以寻求为更高的国防开支提供资金。
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.(能源大臣米亚塔·法恩布勒受命从她的预算中节省超过20亿英镑,以根据上届政府制定的计划帮助支付国防投资。)
能源大臣米亚塔·法恩布勒(Miatta Fahnbulleh)受命从她的预算中节省超过20亿英镑,以根据上届政府制定的计划帮助支付国防投资。
Sources say a portion of those savings will come from cutting the boiler upgrade scheme (BUS) for England and Wales, which provides grants of up to £9,000 to help households switch to cleaner heating methods.(消息人士称,部分节省将来自削减英格兰和威尔士的锅炉升级计划(BUS),该计划提供最高9000英镑的补助金,帮助家庭转向更清洁的供暖方式。) The programme will not be abolish(废除)ed altogether but sources say hundreds of millions of pounds will be cut from its £2.7bn budget.
消息人士称,部分节省将来自削减英格兰和威尔士的锅炉升级计划(BUS),该计划提供最高9000英镑的补助金,帮助家庭转向更清洁的供暖方式。该计划不会被完全废除,但消息人士称,其27亿英镑的预算将被削减数亿英镑。