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Andy Burnham admits he would have liked more radical first budget
Prime minister says room for manoeuvre was limited by geopolitical crises and Labour’s 2024 manifesto
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Thursday briefing: Everything you need to know about Burnham’s first budget
In today’s newsletter: There’s help on household energy bills and a modest bank tax, but big questions about t...
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‘I earn £126,000 – but nothing’s left at the end of the month’: readers react to the budget
From a young chef and a single father to business owners and a pensioner, Guardian readers reveal how John Hea...
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Reader Q&A: Our money and economics correspondents answer your Budget 2026 questions
The 2026 budget has been revealed; how will it affect you personally, will it change the country and has chanc...
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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 d...
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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: ‘Ther...
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John Healey to end standing charges on gas bills for 23m homes
On budget day chancellor says he will ask Ofgem to remove ‘unfair and outdated’ fixed daily fee in 2027 or soo...
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Bank shares jump on reports budget bank tax will be ‘temporary and below 8%’ – business live
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Budget 2026 live: gas standing charges to be scrapped for millions as chancellor prepares to deliver budget
John Healey says UK faces ‘difficult moment’ as he prepares to deliver first budget of Andy Burnham’s governme...
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Healey poised to overturn cut to cash Isa allowance in first budget
Chancellor’s predecessor Rachel Reeves had planned to reduce allowance from £20,000 to £12,000 a year from Apr...
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Tories dismiss PM’s budget ‘everyday fixes’ as little more than ‘cheaper gherkins’, and ‘an insult to families’ – UK politics live
Removing tariffs on more than 100 products, including gherkins and baked beans, was one of five measures annou...
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UK poised to miss reduced aid spending target of 0.3% of national income
Calculations from the Center for Global Development say spending next year is likely to be £410m less than ant...