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‘Budget is bold enough’ despite limited ‘room for manoeuvre’, Andy Burnham says
Healey said the package will give 20 million households £100 for energy bills and lift 70,000 businesses out of business rates.
- On Wednesday, Chancellor John Healey announced a Budget featuring £100 payments for millions of households to help with soaring energy bills, alongside tax breaks for high street firms.
- Healey introduced these measures to provide 'breathing space' for the public amid a difficult domestic economic situation exacerbated by turmoil from the war in Iran.
- Prime Minister Andy Burnham defended the plan, noting it helps 20 million households with energy costs through council tax cuts and lifts 70,000 businesses out of business rates.
- Tory leader Kemi Badenoch labeled the Budget 'not bold enough,' while Reform UK Treasury spokesman Robert Jenrick called it a 'nothing burger' delaying necessary decisions.
- The Office for Budget Responsibility warned growth will slow sharply after this year, with director Helen Miller stating 'the plan to reduce borrowing has been pushed back.
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Natalie Fleet MP Column: "Breathing space is what we need for the long, cold Winter ahead"
‘Breathing space’ was the much-mentioned phrase that you may have heard from the Budget – the first under our new Prime Minister Andy Burnham.
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