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Budget 2026 live: Burnham faces PMQs before Healey delivers budget

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Briefing in preparation

The chancellor stated that the UK is facing a difficult moment as he prepares to deliver the first budget of Andy Burnham's government. You can play our budget game to see if you can balance the books. Martin Lewis noted that when he met John Healey this morning, the chancellor said that, having removed standing charges from gas bills, he would also like to get rid of them from electricity bills. Lewis said: The chancellor said he will be talking to Ofgem about how they get rid of the charge on electricity as well, but that is 'trickier' apparently and will take longer. Continue reading...

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