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Healey vows cheaper marmalade and gherkins in pre-Budget package of 'everyday fixes'

The chancellor will axe tariffs on some staples as part of plans to give households "breathing space".

BBC Business•

John Healey will remove import taxes on marmalade, gherkins and more than 100 products in a bid to give families "breathing space" with the cost of living at the Budget.

The chancellor on Wednesday will promise a fresh series of "everyday fixes" to ease the pressure on households.

The measures will also include an end to the so-called cliff-edge for those receiving carer's allowance payments and higher tax-free mileage rates being made permanent.

Healey said the ongoing wars in Iran and Ukraine had "hit families here at home through higher everyday costs".