Former DUP Health Minister reveals four family members run boilers under RHI scheme

A senior Democratic Unionist has revealed that four family members run boilers under the controversial green energy scheme at the centre of Stormont's powersharing crisis.

Former DUP Health Minister reveals four family members run boilers under RHI scheme

A senior Democratic Unionist has revealed that four family members run boilers under the controversial green energy scheme at the centre of Stormont's powersharing crisis.

Jim Wells, an Assembly member and former DUP health minister, said his brother, two cousins and the husband of another cousin all operate Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) boilers at their respective chicken farms.

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