The Latest Breaking News from Denis Healey

Trump is ‘absolutely right’ the UK must spend more on defence, says Wes Streeting

As the Ministry of Defence targets full war-fighting readiness, Streeting is aligning with Trump on military expansion funding

The Independent UK · Oct 3

How Andy Burnham can make his devolution agenda work

Letters: Rabbi Jeff Newman, David Williams and Tom Carr respond to an editorial on the new prime minister’s plans to decentralise power

The Guardian - UK · Jul 27

The Treasury will check Andy Burnham’s ambitions – unless old orthodoxies are challenged

Fifty years ago, another Healey ran the Treasury. Today’s chancellor may find some things haven’t changed, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

The Guardian - UK · Jul 22

Seven questions for Rachel Reeves if she wants to help revive business

The UK economy only flourishes when entrepreneurs, innovators and investors are given the environment and support to do what they do best

Evening Standard · Nov 18, 2025

Reeves torpedoes Labour's manifesto in huge Budget tax gamble which could put Farage in No10

Commentary: The Chancellor has been so clear that she is going to torch the party’s manifesto tax promise that a U-turn now would stun Westminster

Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2025

The Guardian view on Labour’s fiscal stance: it’s time to lay new foundations

Editorial: No chancellor has raised income tax since 1975, but voters may accept it if everyone contributes, the richest most of all, and the money pays for fairer, better services

The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2025

Prospect of breaking 50-year income tax taboo shows scale of Reeves’s challenge

The chancellor appears to believe voters will forgive a broken promise in return for meaningful investment

The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2025

I’ve seen Labour’s cursed deputy leader role up close. It should finally be abolished

I worked for Denis Healey when he held the post, so know just how useless it is – and how much better both the country and Labour would be without it, says author Richard Heller

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2025

‘Just hysteria’: UK faces a crisis but the IMF bailout talk is overblown

Despite sluggish growth and rising borrowing costs, most economists agree that Rachel Reeves doesn’t face a repeat of 1976

The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2025

As dark financial clouds gather, Labour has to heed its past: when it chooses austerity, it loses elections

Those who insist on spending cuts are those who are never hurt by them. Time to be brave – and take a new tack, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK · Aug 8, 2025