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Mornings with Ridge and Frost
Wednesday 28 October 2026 · 09:00 GMT · 30m · 2 stories · 8 annotated moments · 29 of 30 min on news stories (96%)
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John Healey's first Budget led a domestic-heavy bulletin and took more than twenty minutes, with energy bill changes and cost-of-living measures dominating. The fatal high-speed train collision near Toledo received just over four minutes as the reported death toll rose to at least 39.
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- 1:34
John Healey, Chancellor
- 11:22
Danny Kruger, MP for East Wiltshire, Reform UK
- 22:07
Richard Fuller, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Conservative
- 0:58
- 1:44
Contested quote Healey delivers first Budget with £100 energy payment and bank tax rise
and businesses and on our public finances. So this budget is designed to give households breathing space from some of the everyday costs, provide targeted support for businesses and self-employed people, and to start the long-term action needed to get energy costs down for good. The breathing space today must go hand in hand with building for the future.
Sky News, Mornings with Ridge and Frost, 28 October 2026, 1:44-2:02
- 2:29
Claim Healey delivers first Budget with £100 energy payment and bank tax rise
The Budget announced the removal of gas standing charges and a shift of costs to unit rates, with mixed effects: around 60% of households could save about £45 a year, the average charge was just under £110 a year, and lower-energy users could gain while higher users could pay more.
Sky News, Mornings with Ridge and Frost, 28 October 2026, 2:29-2:35
- 2:41
Contested quote Healey delivers first Budget with £100 energy payment and bank tax rise
what households save because this cost is going to be shifted onto the unit rate which will go up slightly. There will be winners and losers on this. The government argues that mainly lower-income households who use less energy, less gas, will be paying less. If you use more energy, you will be paying more. Now, the government on the whole, though, says that this
Sky News, Mornings with Ridge and Frost, 28 October 2026, 2:41-2:56
- 3:41
Claim Healey delivers first Budget with £100 energy payment and bank tax rise
The Budget was reported to include a fuel duty freeze.
Sky News, Mornings with Ridge and Frost, 28 October 2026, 3:41-3:53
- 6:50
- 6:57
Claim At least 68 killed in Spain high-speed train crash near Toledo
Two trains collided in Spain.
Sky News, Mornings with Ridge and Frost, 28 October 2026, 6:57-7:06
- 7:02
Claim At least 68 killed in Spain high-speed train crash near Toledo
Spanish media reported multiple people were injured.
Sky News, Mornings with Ridge and Frost, 28 October 2026, 7:02-7:11
- 7:11
Claim At least 68 killed in Spain high-speed train crash near Toledo
Two Iryo carriages derailed.
Sky News, Mornings with Ridge and Frost, 28 October 2026, 7:11-7:19
- 11:05
Claim At least 68 killed in Spain high-speed train crash near Toledo
Local authorities confirmed at least 10 people died.
Sky News, Mornings with Ridge and Frost, 28 October 2026, 11:05-11:21
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