PoliticsWednesday briefing: What do readers want from the Burnham government’s first budget?

Chancellor John Healey is set to unveil the Burnham government’s first budget, which the Treasury has described as low-key and aimed at easing pressure on low- and middle-income households. Healey has pledged to follow Labour’s fiscal rules. Readers and people struggling with living costs told the newsletter what they want the budget to change.

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