Healey warns of more 'hard decisions' and departmental spending cuts
• Major departmental spending cuts are coming at next year's spending review to pay for the Government's policies, John Healey has indicated after delivering his first Budget. • The Chancellor warned the UK faces more "hard decisions" about spending priorities, and hit back at claims the Budget was too modest, saying: "I'd fundamentally contest that this is not a significant Budget." • Tory leader Kemi Badenoch called the Budget "not good enough, not strong enough, not bold enough", while Reform UK's Robert Jenrick dismissed it. • The Institute for Fiscal Studies said the Budget's "raft of...
- Source: Evening Standard
- Category: Budget
- Published: 29 Oct 2026