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Healey backs away from cutting welfare cost amid warnings of public finance shortfall

Experts round on chancellor over ‘scattergun’ budget, saying he ducked big tax and spending decisions

The Guardian - UK · Oct 29

Britain needs a bolder approach to growth, not a Budget of short-term fixes

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The risks taken by the chancellor to provide short-term ‘breathing space’ at the expense of prudence for the long term have been exposed

The Independent UK · Oct 29

The ‘breathing space budget’ – breathing space for the government, that is

John Healey aced the morning-after media round because his Martin Lewis measures left nothing to challenge him on

The Guardian - UK · Oct 29

Raise taxes or cuts benefits to fill £35bn Budget hole, Healey warned

The Institute for Fiscal Studies warned the chancellor against making the Budget ‘a work of fiction’

The Independent UK · Oct 11

Burnham talks of radical change, but Treasury mood music says otherwise

Bond market volatility means John Healey will have to take tough decisions, soon, if he wants to meet spending pledges

The Guardian - UK · Sep 6

Burnham tries to calm bond market fears as sell-off threatens crucial first budget

Prime minister promises his government will make decisions ‘grounded in fiscal responsibility’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 2

Where will Andy Burnham find the money to fund his spending pledges?

The new PM is already under pressure to explain how he will pay for his ambitious plans to remake Britain

The Guardian - UK · Jul 21

Britain’s economic growth to be weakest in a century outside of pandemic and WWII, think tank warns

The UK’s top two economic think tanks – the Resolution Foundation and the Institute for Fiscal Studies – have issued dire warnings over economic growth and borrowing a day after Rachel Reeves delivered her spring statement

The Independent UK · Mar 4

UK faces tax hikes or cuts to public services in bid to hit defence spending target, IFS warns

IFS director Helen Miller said: ‘The takeaway is that we should not expect the Government to be able to meaningfully increase what we spend on defence’

The Independent UK · Mar 4

Starmer forced to deny breaking Labour manifesto as experts sound dire warning over Budget plans

Damning assessment came as chancellor and prime minister forced to defend plans and insist they did not breach manifesto promises

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2025