Chancellor offers billions of pounds of help for households amid global economic storms

British Chancellor John Healey announced support to help households through the “global economic storms” with subsidies for energy bills and a freeze in fuel duty for drivers in the first budget plan of Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s government.

Healey told parliament on Wednesday he would raise taxes on banks, gambling and income for savers and landlords while also tightening value-added tax rules for online marketplaces – such as Amazon and Temu – to fund the package....