Will you feel a difference in your daily life?

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Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers and Finance Minister Simon Harris. Photograph: Paul Faith/AFP via Getty
Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers and Finance Minister Simon Harris. Photograph: Paul Faith/AFP via Getty

Ministers Simon Harris and Jack Chambers have been explaining how the Government will tax and spend in the year ahead. They have promised to deliver changes we will feel in our daily lives.

But will you really feel a difference in your daily life? Consumer affairs correspondent Conor Pope has been listening. He tells Bernice Harrison about some of the big measures announced today and whether they can make a dent in the elevated cost of living many of us feel.

Conor explains why the Government has targeted middle-income taxpayers with its most significant moves, what those cuts would mean for take-home pay and what has been done to alleviate the high cost of energy.

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