UK Defence Secretary Healey Warns Labour Against Blair-Era Spending Spree

UK Defence Secretary Healey Warns Labour Against Blair-Era Spending Spree

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John Healey says UK is having a 90s revival without the same level of cash

Chancellor John Healey used his first Labour conference speech in his new role to reminisce about the state of the UK's finances in the 90s.

Healey: We don't have as much money as we did under New Labour

Chancellor John Healey has warned Labour members that the government does not have available funds to spend more on public services.  In his address to party activists, Healey said Tony Blair’s government in the late 1990s and early 2000s had more flexibility with public finances given higher growth rates and lower amounts of debt.  The [...]

Healey admits money ‘simply not there’ but vows to back British businesses

U.K. chancellor warns Labour not to expect Blair-era public services spending blitz.

Healey tells party conference that money New Labour had in 1990s ‘is simply not there now’ – UK politics live

Healey tells Labour money New Labour had in 1990s ‘is simply not there now’ The Labour MP Liam Byrne still gets criticised for the note he left in the Treasury after the 2010 election to his Tory successor saying “there is no money”. The note (often wrongly remember as saying there is no money left) […]