Budget 2026 live: Healey leaves Downing Street as he prepares to deliver budget
by Andrew Sparrow from World news | The Guardian on (#79C64)
Chancellor says UK faces difficult moment' as he prepares to deliver 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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