New Chancellor’s Autumn Budget Offers ‘Breathing Space’ with £100 Energy Handout

Andy Burnham's 'Breathing Space' Budget Leaves Britain Holding Its Breath

The huge conflict between the Prime Minister's bold promise to rip up '40 years of neoliberalism' and the modest Budget measures announced by his Chancellor, will ultimately prove difficult to sustain, argues Adam Bienkov

From Pensions To Petrol: 12 Ways The 2026 Budget Might Affect You

Today, Chancellor John Healey has unveiled his first-ever Budget, suggesting it could offer welcome “breathing space” to those struggling with the cost of living.It mentioned everyday bills – like electricity and gas charges, as well as lower tariffs on supermarket staples – alongside pension allowances and attempts to close the gender “pay gap”. But what do the new rules actually mean for most people? Here’s how the 2026 Budget might affect you…

New Chancellor’s Autumn Budget offers ‘breathing space’ with £100 energy handout

Big decisions deferred by Andy Burnham government.

Budget 2026: little ‘breathing space’ for health and social care

Healey described this year’s fiscal statement as a ‘budget for the worker, the sole trader, the parent at the school gate’, but health and social care were left out in the cold… During his address to the House of Commons, Chancellor John Healey unveiled a raft of big changes, with household finances in the firing […]

Budget 2026: OBR gives chancellor narrow "breathing space" with highly uncertain £15bn surplus forecast

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has given the chancellor his own “breathing space” after forecasting that his budget will be in surplus by £15bn by 2029-30. In his first budget speech, chancellor John Healey announced a string of measures to help those struggling with the costs of living, including a £100 payment for 20m […]