Burnham warned ‘steady as she goes Budget’ would see ‘chunky cuts’ to public services

Burnham warned ‘steady as she goes Budget’ would see ‘chunky cuts’ to public services

Leading think tank IFS the Institute for Fiscal Studies warned chancellor John Healey against making the Budget ‘a work of fiction’

Polanski calls for bold and immediate action on the cost of living in October Budget - Green Party

The IFS has warned that John Healey’s budget at the end of October contains a £35 billion funding gap, leaving the government facing a choice between higher spending on public services or deep real-terms cuts later in the decade.   In response, Green Party leader Zack Polanski said: “Economists are telling the Chancellor today that a […]

IFS: budget will be ‘work of fiction’ without clear plan to cover UK spending pressures

Thinktank’s influential pre-budget report urges key decisions to be made now and not put off until next year John Healey has been warned by Britain’s leading tax and spending experts that his budget risks being a “work of fiction” unless he sets out plans to cover £35bn in spending pressures. As the war in the…

UK’s Healey can’t risk a ’steady as you go’ budget, think tank warns

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Burnham warned ‘steady as she goes Budget’ would mean ‘chunky cuts’ to public services as inflation bites

Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in Leading economists have warned Andy Burnham against a “steady-as-she-goes” Budget later this month, saying it would lead to ‘chunky cuts’ to public services because of inflation. The problem would be