Andy Burnham: “Low-income pensioners would not have to pay income tax in this Parliament.”

Proposed agreements could add the equivalent of more than £10 billion annually to the UK economy by 2040

I’m delighted to welcome His Majesty The Sultan to the UK – the UK and Oman have built a friendship which generates real benefits for people at home, and I look forward to shaping the next chapter of our relationship.

The firmest of action should be taken on the back of those revelations.

I can tell the House today that I have asked the Chancellor and the Energy Secretary (Miatta Fahnbulleh) to look at whether we can remove standing charges from gas bills and to report back to this House at the earliest opportunity.