• One-off £100 payment for up to 20 million households in council tax bands A-D in England to help deal with rising energy bills, with equivalent funding for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

  • Standing charges – fixed daily fees customers pay regardless of usage – to be removed from household gas bills in England, Scotland and Wales, with costs added to the unit rate instead

  • VAT cut on electricity bills extended beyond April to July

  • A green levy – the Gas Shipper Obligation to fund hydrogen projects – to be removed from energy bills and put on to general taxation

  • Freeze on fuel duty extended again to July

  • Import taxes to be removed on more than 100 food products, including gherkins and marmalade, as well as kerosene and fertilisers

  • A 55p per mile tax-free mileage rate for those driving up to 10,000 miles for work made permanent, with the rate rising from 25p per mile to 35p above that distance

  • A new scheme taking 25% off electricity bills for 10,000 firms to launch in April, with payments backdated for energy costs this year

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