00:00Britain's new Prime Minister Andy Burnham has unveiled plans to cut household electricity bills
00:07as his government moves to tackle the country's cost-of-living crisis.
00:12Downing Street said value-added tax, or VAT,
00:15will be removed from domestic electricity bills from 1 October.
00:22The government said the tax cut will be paid for this financial year
00:25by cancelling its £1.8 billion digital ID program.
00:30The program would have required all workers to hold a digital identity document to tackle illegal migration,
00:36but it faced strong criticism from a cross-party parliamentary committee.
00:40Burnham also began reshaping his government by removing several ministers who had served under his predecessor.
00:47Former Defence Secretary John Healy was appointed Finance Minister,
00:50while Ed Miliband became Foreign Minister.
00:53Left-wing politician Angela Rayner returned to government,
00:56while West Streeting was appointed Defence Minister after withdrawing from the Labour leadership contest.
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