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Andy Burnham’s cost of living plan

An Easy News article explaining how Andy Burnham aims to help with the cost of living.

Andy Burnham’s cost of living plan

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    1. Andy Burnham is the new Prime Minister.

    2. He wants to help people with the cost of living.

    3. Here are some of the changes he announced on 21st July 2026:

    4. Andy Burnham has announced that from 1 October 2026, people will not pay VAT on their home electricity bills.

    5. This will make electricity bills cheaper.

    6. People could save about £45 a year.

    7. The Government says this will help people in winter.

    8. The Government will pay for this by stopping the Digital ID programme.

    9. The Digital ID progamme was a plan to store official identification documents online made by the old Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

    10. Andy Burnham has stopped this plan.

    11. Andy Burnham has also announced that from 1 January 2027, the most people will pay for one trip on a bus in England will be £2.

    12. Andy Burnham says he wants to put more money into people's pockets.

    13. He says this is the start of a longer plan to make life more affordable.

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