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Britain’s new Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced that the government would remove Value‑Added Tax (VAT) from household electricity bills ahead of his first cabinet meeting.

The fiscal move is intended to ease the cost‑of‑living pressure on households, with the savings earmarked to replace funding for a previously rolled‑out digital identification scheme.

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