UK Budget Threats
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- Nicholas CecilEvening Standard
- Tom EspinerBBC
- Dharshini DavidBBC
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The US-Israel war in Iran is causing significant economic challenges for UK Chancellor John Healey as he prepares his first Budget. The Institute for Fiscal Studies warns that higher inflation could force Healey to choose between spending cuts and tax increases, or both, due to increased borrowing costs and reduced government spending power. Despite these pressures, Healey aims to present a "steady-as-she-goes"…
Iran war threatens Healey's Budget plans, think tank warns →The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) warns John Healey, the UK chancellor, that his upcoming budget on October 28 will be considered a "work of fiction" unless he addresses £35 billion in spending pressures caused by rising inflation and the war in the Middle East. Helen Miller, IFS director, urges Healey to avoid announcing unrealistic spending plans and suggests that delaying decisions until next year’s spending…
IFS: budget will be ‘work of fiction’ without clear plan to cover UK spending pressures →Analysis
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- 11 Oct
Higher than expected inflation worsens this situation, it added, and so to avoid cuts to departments’ budgets may need a combined top-up to day-to-day and investment spending of around £25 billion in 2030–31.
- 12 Oct
“It would be a choice to tolerate chunky cuts to the quantity or quality of some public services – cuts that would be larger if defence spending was increased within existing totals.”
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12 Oct IFS: budget will be ‘work of fiction’ without clear plan to cover UK spending pressuresThe Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) warns John Healey, the UK chancellor, that his upcoming budget on October 28 will be considered a "work of fiction" unless he addresses £35 billion in spending pressures caused by rising inflation and the war in the Middle East. Helen Miller, IFS director, urges Healey to avoid announcing unrealistic spending plans and suggests that delaying decisions until next year’s spending…The Guardian
11 Oct Iran war threatens Healey's Budget plans, think tank warnsThe US-Israel war in Iran is causing significant economic challenges for UK Chancellor John Healey as he prepares his first Budget. The Institute for Fiscal Studies warns that higher inflation could force Healey to choose between spending cuts and tax increases, or both, due to increased borrowing costs and reduced government spending power. Despite these pressures, Healey aims to present a "steady-as-she-goes"…BBC
11 Oct Tax rise threat to London in Chancellor John Healey's first Budget laid out by top economists
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