SHOCKING: Office for budget responsibility - What They Never Told You

Fact check: Data suggests working-age welfare bill is under £150bn

The Conservative deputy leader’s figure appears to include child benefit spending.

Evening Standard · Nov 6

Scottish Government accused of 'tartan Trump' position on oil and gas

Campaigners have blasted the Scottish Government's stance on oil and gas as 'incoherent', accusing the SNP of 'siding with oil profiteers like some tartan Trump'

The National (Scotland) · Nov 6

Interest rate rise in midst of cost of living crisis will leave many incredulous

Bank’s decision goes contrary to analysis from Office for Budget Responsibility that predicts lower inflation and little impetus for wage growth

The Guardian - UK · Nov 5

Voices: Labour’s dance on welfare reform needs tempo

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: John Healey appears keener than Andy Burnham to get started on trimming Britain’s welfare bill but the government cannot afford to drift

The Independent UK · Nov 1

Healey insists welfare bill will come down under Labour but warns: ‘We never set a timetable for savings’

The Chancellor delayed major changes to welfare until 2027 in his first Budget this week

The Independent UK · Nov 1

John Healey promises benefits bill ‘will come down under Labour’

The Chancellor insisted he set out the timetable for changing the welfare system but never set out the timetable for savings.

Evening Standard · Nov 1

Burnham’s flagship council housebuilding pledge faces £7bn blackhole to meet demand

Exclusive: The prime minister’s promise to oversee the ‘biggest council housebuilding drive since the postwar period’ risks falling short if more funding is not delivered, a new report warns

The Independent UK · Oct 31

The government has delayed the toughest spending decisions – but here’s what we do know after the budget

John Healey’s steady-as-she-goes budget was a picture of a government doing its best to offer “what help we can afford”, while weathering the economic storms. But despite its 98 policy measures, decisions on some of the biggest issues appear to have been kicked down the road.

The Conversation · Oct 30

Think Tanks Warn of 'Painful,' 'Depressing' Years Ahead Amid UK Cost-Of-Living Crisis

The OBR forecasts higher inflation, slower growth and weaker household income gains as elevated energy prices strain UK living standards and complicate the government's borrowing plans.

International Business Times UK · Oct 30

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