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Policy & Analysis Correspondent BBC Verify Author of "Exile Economics: What Happens if Globalisation Fails", published May 2025
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Three reasons why UK electricity prices are so high

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By Ben Chu Verified, Anthony Reuben
| Yahoo Finance Verified
While the UK government has announced it will cut VAT on domestic electricity this October from 5% to zero in an attempt to help with the cost of living, British households are still paying more for power than many other European nations. Comparing UK prices with the EU shows that medium-use households here paid the fourth-highest electricity prices in the second half of last year including taxes and levies, although the government has taken steps to reduce bills since then.
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Five big challenges facing Andy Burnham - and how he might tackle them

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By Ben Chu Verified
| Yahoo Verified
When Andy Burnham enters No 10 Downing Street, he will inherit some formidable and complex problems that successive prime ministers and governments have attempted to address - mostly without success. BBC Verify has looked at five big policy challenges Burnham will face and the approaches he might take to address them.
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Can Andy Burnham solve the UK's housing crisis?

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By Ben Chu Verified
| Yahoo Verified
Millions of people are facing unaffordable rents, long waits for social housing, or are priced out of the market when they are ready to buy. The average house price in England was £300,000 last year - almost eight times average earnings. The Labour government has pledged to build 1.5 million new homes in England over the course of this Parliament - but it is already falling behind on this target.
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