'Tough choices' John Healey warns Cabinet ministers to prepare for budget cuts

'Tough choices' John Healey warns Cabinet ministers to prepare for budget cuts  GB News

Helen Corbett and Christopher McKeon, Press Association Political Staff Chancellor John Healey has told the Cabinet they must make be prepared to make cuts to finance Andy Burnham’s new spending pledges. Mr Healey on Friday announced the date of his first budget as Chancellor as October 28, and promised the plans would

The Chancellor said the Budget on 28 October would “meet our fiscal rules” and give families "stability" to plan for the future.

Ministers have been told there is no new money to pay for these moves in a joint letter from the Chancellor and the Prime Minister

The start of Mr Burnham’s premiership has seen a succession of announcements likely to require additional spending.

The start of Mr Burnham’s premiership has seen a succession of announcements likely to require additional spending.

John Healey: I’m not afraid to say, ‘No, prime minister’  The Times

Andy Burnham’s new government will hold its first budget on Oct. 28, U.K. Chancellor John Healey announced today. Healey, who replaced Rachel Reeves in the job last week, will have to balance maintaining fiscal credibility in the bond market and the new government’s desire to expand spending on defense and social care.

Andy Burnham and his Chancellor, Mr Healey, will deliver a major fiscal statement for the first time during their premiership.

The newly appointed Chancellor, who replaced Rachel Reeves earlier this month, said it will be a Budget that 'moves money and power out of Westminster, and into every postcode around Britain'

Newly appointed chancellor John Healey has opened the door for the UK military to shape defence budgets. His proposal is another step away from democratic oversight of how public money is spent. And it’s all part of a defence spending ideology that’s full of holes! Declassified UK reported on 30 July: Britain’s new cha