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‘Scattergun’ budget will still leave Britons facing higher energy bills, says thinktank

Healey’s attempt to provide ‘breathing space’ gives rich almost as much as poor, says Resolution Foundation Business live – latest updates Budget 2026: what it means for your wallet, your mortgage and your pay John Healey delivered a “scattergun” budget that did little to boost living standards and left Britain facing “a painful second half” of the parliament, a leading economic thinktank has warned. The Resolution Foundation said on Thursday that measures to ease household gas and electricity c