Reeves targets cost of living crisis with VAT cut on theme parks

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The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has unveiled a £300million "Great British Summer Savings" package designed to ease the cost-of-living squeeze on families triggered by the war in Iran. [Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe] Measures include cutting VAT on summer attractions like theme parks and children's meals, alongside a suspension of import tariffs on more than one hundred food products. But the government has stopped short of offering an immediate winter energy bailout. ------- Get more news at our site - https://www.channel4.com/news/ Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe Follow us: TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@c4news Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/channel4news/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/Channel4News Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Channel4News/

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