Budget 2026: No more fat to trim for 'squeezed middle'

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As Chancellor John Healey prepares his first Budget, middle-income families are taking stock of their finances following years of cost-of-living pressures. In Ipswich, Dawn Fazackerley-King is evaluating how her household will absorb a significant rise in mortgage payments expected in a few months' time.

Fazackerley-King, 42,