Healey warns of more ‘hard decisions’ and departmental spending cuts The Chancellor said Cabinet colleagues would have to exert more ‘fiscal discipline’ going into next year’s spending review. Evening Standard · 3h ago
‘Scattergun’ budget will still leave Britons facing higher energy bills, says thinktank Healey’s attempt to provide ‘breathing space’ gives rich almost as much as poor, says Resolution Foundation The Guardian - UK · 3h ago
Treasury denies Healey plan to cut welfare bill before election, claiming his comments were misinterpreted – UK politics live Asked earlier if there would be a cut to the welfare bill before the next election, the chancellor said: ‘There will be a reduction in the benefits bill’ The Guardian - UK · 3h ago
Healey vows to cut welfare bill before next election with ‘tough’ approach to young people Chancellor’s comments come as fiscal watchdog says disability benefits will cost £100bn a year before end of decade The Guardian - UK · 4h ago
UK government borrowing costs fall as City welcomes ‘no harm’ budget – business live Premier owner Whitbread says budget business rate measures ‘will do much to mitigate’ damage of past two budgets to hospitality sector The Guardian - UK · 4h ago
‘Budget is bold enough’ despite limited ‘room for manoeuvre’, Andy Burnham says The influential Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank said the Budget’s ‘raft of fiddly measures’ would do little to boost growth. Evening Standard · 12h ago
Wednesday briefing: We asked you - what do you want from the Burnham government’s first budget? In today’s newsletter: First Edition readers and people struggling with the cost of living tell us what the government could do to improve their lives The Guardian - UK · Oct 28
Budget 2026: six charts that reveal the economic realities facing the chancellor From tackling the youth jobs crisis to repairing Brexit’s economic damage, John Healey has his work cut out for him The Guardian - UK · Oct 27
Stopping Pip for ADHD or autism would not make big savings, says thinktank Resolution Foundation says ‘crude changes’ to benefits system would probably make it harder for people to work The Guardian - UK · Oct 14
Chancellor Healey told to raise taxes by £8 billion ahead of Budget The Resolution Foundation called for the Budget on 28 October to hike taxes – including on pensioners The Independent UK · Oct 13
Healey warned against delaying tough Budget decisions as fiscal buffer halves The Resolution Foundation called for the Budget on October 28 to hike taxes – including on pensioners. Evening Standard · Oct 13
The Great British Exodus: Taxes, Housing Costs, and Terrible Healthcare Are Driving Young Brits Away More than 1.2 million British nationals have left the United Kingdom since 2021. Reason · Oct 10
UK households left thousands of pounds worse off due to cost-of-living crisis, study finds Had inflation been at normal levels over this period, the average household would be £2,900 better off than they currently are The Independent UK · Oct 7
Will pensioners be poorer as a result of Burnham scrapping the triple lock? Original triple lock was designed to lift pensioners out of poverty but OBR says it contributes to unsustainability of public finances The Guardian - UK · Sep 29
Evening Standard · Sep 24 Londoners 'underpaying £3.1bn of property tax' as huge council bill hikes loom The Resolution Foundation urged Prime Minister Andy Burnham to use the Budget to raise London bills further
The Independent UK · Sep 24 Londoners should pay up to £950 more a year to fix council tax, Burnham told Some households in London would pay £950 more a year under the plans
The Guardian - UK · Sep 19 ‘Cost of housing’ crunch looms for low-income families, warns Resolution Foundation Thinktank calls on chancellor to end housing allowance freeze with typical two-bedroom household facing £158 week shortfall amid rent rises
The Independent UK · Sep 18 Spend £6bn to ‘save’ millions of renters at Budget, Burnham urged Rental costs are increasingly unaffordable for lower-income households, new report warns
The National (Scotland) · Sep 2 Scotland's largest offshore wind farm 'paid to turn off most of time', report says SCOTLAND’S largest offshore wind farm was paid to shut down instead of generate electricity for almost three-quarters of 2024, according to a…
The National (Scotland) · Sep 2 More North Sea oil drilling won't create jobs in Aberdeen, report finds LIVING standards in Aberdeen have fallen below the UK average for the first time since 2003 – but more North Sea drilling will not mean more jobs…
The Guardian - UK · Sep 2 UK politics: Andy Burnham pressed on borrowing costs and spending at first PMQs – as it happened Burnham faced questions from Kemi Badenoch and other MPs amid speculation over budget
The Independent UK · Sep 2 Burnham’s first PMQs live: PM refuses to rule out tax rises as Badenoch hits out at ‘spendthrift prime minister’ Tory leader warns markets worried about Labour spending plans
The Guardian - UK · Sep 1 Fund defence spending from tax rise on middle earners, thinktank tells Healey Resolution Foundation argues that UK’s internationally low ‘tax wedge’ must rise to pay for defence ambitions
The Guardian - UK · Aug 23 UK productivity growing faster than official figures suggest, thinktank finds Resolution Foundation suggests economy may finally be emerging from shadow of 2008 financial crisis
The Independent UK · Aug 11 Burnham told he can save households £175 on energy bills this winter if he ‘acts fast’ Experts fear that another increase to energy bills could come in October