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School funding crisis risks doing 'enormous damage' to children's education, union warns

Major concerns have been raised over the impact on school funding shortfalls on students

The Independent UK · Oct 14

John Healey ‘targets tax crackdown on online marketplaces’ in first budget

Move aimed at firms such as Amazon and eBay could raise up to £1bn more for Treasury, says report

The Guardian - UK · Oct 14

IMF raises UK growth forecast as economist says Healey should ‘stay the course’

Fund upgrades UK’s GDP growth forecast for 2026 to 1.3%, but says it is likely to edge down next year

The Guardian - UK · Oct 13

When will Chancellor John Healey announce the 2026 Budget?

Here’s everything we know ahead of the Chancellor John Healey’s big speech

Evening Standard · Oct 12

Healey told he has two stark choices to avoid public spending cuts ahead of Budget

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The Independent UK · Oct 12

IFS: budget will be ‘work of fiction’ without clear plan to cover UK’s £35bn spending pressures

Thinktank’s influential pre-budget report urges key decisions to be made now and not put off until next year

The Guardian - UK · Oct 12

Raise taxes or cuts benefits to fill £35bn Budget hole, Healey warned

The Institute for Fiscal Studies warned the chancellor against making the Budget ‘a work of fiction’

The Independent UK · Oct 11

Tax rise threat to London in Chancellor John Healey's first Budget laid out by top economists

The Institute for Fiscal Studies warned of ‘chunky cuts’ to public services if John Healey does not raise taxes or cut benefits by up to £35billion

Evening Standard · Oct 11

Auto-enrolment scheme could help fund social care, says former pensions minister

A similar approach to workplace pension saving could be used to help solve the ‘thorny problem’ of social care funding, Sir Steve Webb said.

Evening Standard · Oct 11

John Swinney clashes with BBC's Laura Kuenssberg over pension row

JOHN Swinney has fiercely denied allegations that he misled the Scottish Parliament after saying pensioners will lose their pensions after the UK Government decided to end the triple lock in a fiery exchange with Laura Kuenssberg ...

The National (Scotland) · Oct 11