Chancellor launches ‘Great British Summer Savings Scheme’ after Keir Starmer postpones fuel duty increase

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is poised to announce that she is retaining the fuel duty cut as part of a wider package of cost of living measures to help families and businesses

Rachel Reeves will unveil plans for a cost of living blitz, including a bid to drive down the cost of the weekly shop by slashing tariffs until 2028 on more than 100 items

Rachel Reeves said: ‘My number one priority is protecting households from rising costs.’

Chancellor launches ‘Great British Summer Savings Scheme’ after Keir Starmer postpones fuel duty increase

Reeves will give details of policies to tackle the cost-of-living squeeze triggered by the Iran war

The chancellor will announce a range of policies on Thursday to try and combat the economic impact of Donald Trump’s war with Iran

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Health experts have warned that reducing the costs of unhealthy foods could have ‘unintended consequences’

Reevest has already funded measures to reduce or freeze prices on household energy bills, prescription charges and train fares through tax.

Rachel Reeves writes for The Mirror as she launches a package of measures to ease the cost of living burden on families with the 'Great British Summer Savings' scheme

Chancellor Rachel Reeves did not commit to broader support for household heating bills.

The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has unveiled a three-hundred-million-pound "Great British Summer Savings" package designed to ease the cost-of-living squeeze on families triggered…

Reeves avoids announcing any immediate help with energy bills, despite soaring oil prices triggered by the Iran war

People are ‘already struggling now’, one charity chief warned