𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳

Currently just two in five newly built properties have solar panels, and ministers faced industry pressure to lower the number of new homes that would be required to have them.

But the installation of solar panels on new homes, as Labour targets 1.5 million new homes by the end of the decade, forms a key part of its net zero plans and its pledge to lower average household energy bills by £300.

Greenpeace welcomed the “common-sense” decision. “For too long we’ve wasted the free energy that falls on the roofs of houses every single day,” Lily Rose Ellis, a climate campaigner at the group, said.