London | UK Chancellor John Healey has raised taxes on banks, savers and property owners to help fund a modest cost-of-living package for households battered by a ferocious squeeze on disposable incomes.
Healey offered a £100 ($189) energy handout to 20 million households to help them weather “global economic storms” but faced claims that his maiden budget amounted to tinkering at the margins.
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