{"id":32872,"date":"2022-03-25T17:26:05","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T17:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=32872"},"modified":"2022-03-25T17:26:05","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T17:26:05","slug":"spring-statement-contractors-welcome-vat-relief-on-energy-saving-measures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=32872","title":{"rendered":"Spring statement: Contractors welcome VAT relief on energy saving measures"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-29515\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/vat_image.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"120\" \/>Described as a \u2018cost of living support\u2019, the Chancellor in his Spring Statement \u2018\u2026 reduced the VAT on energy saving materials such as solar panels, heating pumps and roof insulation from 5% to zero for five years, helping families become more energy-efficient.\u2019<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/chancellor-announces-tax-cuts-to-support-families-with-cost-of-living\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Described as a \u2018cost of living support\u2019, the Chancellor in his Spring Statement \u2018\u2026 reduced the VAT on energy saving materials such as solar panels, heating pumps and roof insulation from 5% to zero for five years, helping families become &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=32872\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32873,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32872\/revisions\/32873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}