Burnham warned ‘steady as she goes Budget’ would mean ‘chunky cuts’ to public services as inflation bites
2 sources·Updated October 12, 2026
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- Guardian UK·2h agoIFS: 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…
Read at Guardian UK → - The Independent·7h agoBurnham warned ‘steady as she goes Budget’ would mean ‘chunky cuts’ to public services as inflation bites
Leading think tank IFS the Institute for Fiscal Studies warned chancellor John Healey against making the Budget ‘a work of fiction’
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