EconomyReader Q&A: Our money and economics correspondents answer your Budget 2026 questions

Chancellor John Healey has unveiled his first budget under Andy Burnham’s leadership, including measures to reduce energy bills funded by a windfall tax on banks. He described it as grounded in fiscal discipline and designed to face global economic storms driving up energy prices. Guardian editors Hilary Osborne and Heather Stewart will answer readers’ questions about the economic outlook today.

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