The Latest Breaking News from John Healey

M&S boss: 'The last two Budgets were a disaster for businesses'

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The Independent UK · Oct 10

M&S boss tells Healey to ‘take the handcuffs off Britain’ weeks before Burnham’s first Budget

Stuart Machin urged John Healey to undo the ‘disastrous’ decisions made in Labour’s previous two Budgets

The Independent UK · Oct 10

‘If voters aren’t better off by the next election, we’re screwed’: Labour insiders voice fears over budget

Some say party risks ‘looking twee’ by focusing on small fixes amid growing nervousness that budget lacks ambition

The Guardian - UK · Oct 10

Low growth and successive shocks erode public finances, Bank boss says

Andrew Bailey’s remarks come weeks before the Chancellor lays out his autumn Budget statement.

Evening Standard · Oct 8

Bank governor urges John Healey to use budget to allay market fears amid bond turmoil

Andrew Bailey tells chancellor ‘whatever the stance of fiscal policy, it must be credible and be seen as such by financial markets’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 8

What rising UK bond yields really mean for your savings, mortgage and pension

Bond markets are constantly in motion but most people have no idea how they affect their day-to-day finances

The Independent UK · Oct 8

Bankers being hired for £3m to tell Government if economic case for Heathrow third runway stacks up

Ministers have also admitted that taxpayers could be left footing a bill for the £49 billion expansion of the west London airport

Evening Standard · Oct 8

How a new online tax could boost British high streets

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The Independent UK · Oct 8

UK households left thousands of pounds worse off due to cost-of-living crisis, study finds

Had inflation been at normal levels over this period, the average household would be £2,900 better off than they currently are

The Independent UK · Oct 7

Enforce online shopping tax to support UK high streets, Healey told

An estimated £1.5 billion could be raised as a result of the changes, a think tank has said, with the government urged to ‘shift some of the tax burden from bricks to clicks’

The Independent UK · Oct 7