Budget 2026 : £100 energy payment for millions and rise in bank tax as watchdog warns on stalling living standards – as it happened

OBR says that living standards are forecast to rise by just 1% over the whole post-Covid decade Budget 2026: key points at a glance Martin Lewis said that, when he met John Healey this morning, the chancellor said that, having removed standing charges from gas bills, he would also like to get (…)