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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Jeyn Klare Reyes

Andy Burnham Promises Cost-of-Living Relief: What Could Change for Households First?

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has promised immediate cost-of-living support, with lower energy bills and capped bus fares among the measures that could help households first. (Credit: House of Commons/Wikimedia Commons CC BY 3.0)

Lower energy bills and capped bus fares could be among Andy Burnham's first attempts to ease Britain's cost-of-living crisis, with the new prime minister promising measures households will 'feel quite quickly'.

Burnham said his government would give families 'some breathing space' as rising household costs continue to put pressure on incomes. He acknowledged that the first measures would not solve every financial difficulty but argued that they would demonstrate the direction of his new administration.

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