Andy Burnham to remove VAT from household electricity bills

Good move to announce the removal of VAT (@5%) on electricity bills, operative 1-10-26. NB NOT gas bills. Another move to start the ratchet of reducing the ratio between gas and electricity, thus reducing the cost risks of installing heat pumps in gas/oil CH homes www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...

The fact that Andy Burnham has given Wes Streeting a cabinet job should answer all questions you may have had about whether anything will be different. Also I promise you the VAT off electricity thing is for datacentres, and we're getting it as a by-product.

Wealth tax on UK’s super-rich could raise £10bn a year, Andy Burnham told New prime minister urged to introduce 2% minimum charge on households with more than £100m in wealth www.theguardian.com/business/202...

The government's announcement that it will scrap digital ID plans and use the proceeds to cut VAT on electricity bills is welcomed by 78% of Britons yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...

To extrapolate this further.. “Bloody Andy Burnham, cuts VAT on electric bills on his second day but doesn’t bothering sorting everything else..lazy git”❗️ I’m not his fan but give the guy chance to make a difference or not.. BBC/MSM will be highlighting perceived failings as they did with Starmer

Burnham’s cutting VAT on home electricity bills— it's a good first move, and it’ll help millions who are struggling right now. It's great that he’s cut taxes on ordinary people, without handing another tax break to fossil fuel giants, because they have a tendency...🧵1/8

Oooh thank god our Northern lord and saviour Andy Burnham has said we can take off 5% off our energy bills thanks to scrapping VAT, saving £45* - that'll certainly take the sting out of a... £93* rise. *On a typical bill

I asked what's to stop energy firms simply using the 5% VAT cut on electricity bills to pad out their bottom lines. PM's spokesman: "We expect suppliers to to pass [it] on."

You only have to read a few Have You Say (VAT to be cut from household electricity bills in October) on the BBC to see that Burnham is already being slated. It was not Starmer the man that most of the UKs press was after it was the Leader of the Labour Party, any Leader.

Andy Burnham should announce a Maoist cultural revolution specifically targeting water company bosses. Labour + 50 points.

Re the VAT cut on electricity: It means those who use the most, save the most and costs the govt a fortune. It would have made more sense to scrap the standing charge and increased the unit price.That way the bigger uses pay more but those living on a tight budget save more, and no cost to the govt

What is Andy Burnham going to do about affordable inkjet printing, that's what I want to know

I saw our new leader plans to cut VAT on energy bills to ease the cost of living crisis. That will amount to about £20 over 6 months. Gee thanks Andy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLwo...

He's going to show how his policies will be funded? So has he already removed VAT on electricity without knowing how it's going to be funded?

Andy Burnham and John Healey insisted the government would maintain “fiscal discipline” after its first major policy initiative to tackle the cost of living crisis sparked a row over how it would be paid for. www.ft.com/content/7700...