Newscast – Andy Burnham’s (Un)Funded Tax Cut

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Today, on his first full day as Prime Minister, Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced plans to scrap VAT on household electricity bills and said he wants a ‘living cost government’. Burnham said it would scrap VAT on household electricity bills in October, saving the average household about £45 a year. This will be paid for by scrapping Kier Starmer’s digital ID scheme, No 10 says, but former minister Darren Jones has argued the ID scheme was “underfunded”. Adam, Alex and Faisal discuss. Now you can listen to Newscast on smart speaker. If you want to listen, say “Ask BBC Voice to play a news broadcast”. Works on most modern speakers. Join our Newscast online community here https://bbc.in/newscastdiscord by emailing newscast@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp us on +44 0330 123 9480. New episodes are released daily. If you’re in the UK, for more BBC news and current affairs podcasts, listen to BBC Sounds: https://bbc.in/4guXgXd Newscast brings you daily analysis of the BBC’s current political news. The presenter was Adam Fleming. It was produced by Jack McLaren with Rosie Merota and Schiller Mahmoudi. The social producer was Beth Pritchard. The technical producer was Rohan Maddison. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The news editor is Sam Bonham.

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