Andy Burnham’s promise to cut VAT from electricity bills came alongside the news that government borrowing in June amounted to £16 billion - nearly bang on target.
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Andy Burnham’s promise to cut VAT from electricity bills came alongside the news that government borrowing in June amounted to £16 billion – nearly bang on target.
That’s perhaps encouraging news for the new prime minister as critics picked holes in the funding of his cut.
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