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UK’s new PM Andy Burnham to cut electricity taxes, scraps controversial digital ID scheme
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Prime Minister Andy Burnham will scrap VAT on household electricity bills from 1 October.
The tax cut is expected to save a typical household around £45 a year.
Funding for the VAT removal comes from cancelling the £1.8 billion digital ID scheme.
The digital ID programme was controversial and scrapped as one of Burnham's first major policy decisions.
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