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James Ball
@jamesrball.com

This feels like the kind of thing that gets splashed in a newspaper – or bought up by Kemi Badenoch – as "41p a week" and risks becoming a millstone rather than a giveaway. If it's not very clearly part of a package, it could easily backfire...

Mark Thompson@markreckons.bsky.social

I've just renewed our mortgage with our fixed rate from early 2022 expiring and it's costing several hundred pounds more every month now. Our weekly shop has gone up by £200 a month too. So thank God the Chancellor is bringing in a raft of measures that will save... *checks notes* £2 per month.

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James Ball
@jamesrball.com

The electricity VAT cut just about works because it's worth £45, but it pretty much offsets the October increase in the price cap. There's an obvious comparator. If you end up with £21 a year vs...everything. Hmm.