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Chancellor John Healey’s £100 payment to 20 million households aims to ease the cost-of-living crisis by reducing energy bills amid global economic instability.
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Budget 2026: John Healey offers £100 payment to households to help navigate ‘global economic storms’
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Cash to 20m households part of package to help cut energy bills and ease cost-of-living crisisBudget 2026: key points at a glanceBudget 2026 live – latest updatesJohn Healey promised to steer Britain through “global economic storms,” as he announced a package of measures to cut consumers’ energy bills in his first budget.The chancellor said 20m households in council tax bands A to D would receive a £100 payment – a measure he said would cost £2.6bn. A VAT cut on electricity bills will be extended to next July, added Healey. Continue reading...
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