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Quirino Mealha

New UK PM touts 'cost of living government' with VAT cut and bus fare cap

Two before-breakfast announcements on consecutive days set the tone for the new UK prime minister, who entered 10 Downing Street on Monday after winning the Labour leadership unopposed following Keir Starmer's resignation.

The cost of living dominated Andy Burnham's first speech, and on Tuesday he told his newly assembled ministers they would form a "cost of living government" whose job was to convince households "that help is coming".

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