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Budget 2026 live: Healey delivers first budget of Burnham’s government

Markets Brief gilt-and-policy note (2026-10-28): Chancellor delivers first budget of Andy Burnham’s government You be the chancellor: play our budget game to see if you can balance the books Martin Lewis… Primary source: original at The Guardian (theguardian.com).

Budget 2026 live: Healey delivers first budget of Burnham’s government

Chancellor delivers first budget of Andy Burnham’s government

Martin Lewis said 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.

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