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Budget 2026 live: gas standing charges to be scrapped for millions as chancellor prepares to deliver budget

John Healey says UK faces ‘difficult moment’ as he prepares to deliver 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 said that, when he met John Healey this morning, the chancellor said that…

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