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Budget 2026 live: chancellor says scrapping gas standing charges will save 60% of homes £45 a year
John Healey says UK faces ‘difficult moment’ as he prepares to deliver first budget of Andy Burnham’s governmentYou be the chancellor: play our budget game to see if you can balance the booksThe Green party has put out this response to the news that gas standing charges will be abolished. A spokesperson said:Abolishing standing charges is more tinkering from a government that is failing to take the bold action needed to end the cost of living crisis.Energy bills have skyrocketed in recent years
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