isn t easy. our economics editor faisal islam is here. so what are some of the key issues facing the government? this is a very unusual budget a type of rescue budget after a massive energy shock. this is how big in 2019, the uk as a whole that s households, companies and government spent about £40 billion on its energy bill. this year, it s up fourfold, so £190 billion that increase is basically like having to fund another nhs. that cost can t be shouldered by households and it s the government s job is to share the pain around pain the prime minister acknowledges has also been made worse by his predecessor. on the steps of downing street, i said that mistakes had been made and part of the reason that i became prime minister was to address them and what we ve seen now is that stability has returned to the united kingdom. but that s because the expectation is that the government will make those difficult but necessary decisions. and those difficult decisions are likely to