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• Corbyn: PM pursuing grammar schools 'vanity project'

  22-03-2017 15:28 via BBC News
  
  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says Theresa May is pursuing a "vanity project" on grammar schools.
  
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• Healey praised business. The feeling was not mutual

  28-10-2026 20:51 via UK politics
  While the Treasury issued supportive quotes from corporate stakeholders, other leaders said the package fell short
  
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• Healey hits banks and savers to fund modest Budget handout

  28-10-2026 20:35 via UK politics
  Chancellor opts for limited household relief while delaying tough decisions on welfare and defence spending
  
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• Chancellor’s Budget placates markets but delays crunch decisions

  28-10-2026 20:18 via UK politics
  John Healey reassures gilt investors as he defers key choices on spending amid rising fiscal pressures
  
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• Can the chancellor deliver on his promise of fiscal discipline?

  28-10-2026 20:18 via UK politics
  British governments have a history of overpromising and underdelivering when it comes to deficit-reduction efforts
  
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• Can John Healey deliver on his promise of fiscal discipline?

  28-10-2026 20:18 via UK politics
  British governments have a history of overpromising and underdelivering when it comes to deficit-reduction efforts
  
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• Healey fiddles while the UK stagnates

  28-10-2026 20:07 via UK politics
  The government has behaved sensibly, even though its measures evoke little enthusiasm
  
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• HMRC prepares £1.3bn tax squeeze on self-employed

  28-10-2026 20:05 via UK politics
  Moveis attempt to align their treatment with that of employees, whose tax is collected with each monthly payslip
  
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• Let’s keep Isas simple

  28-10-2026 19:47 via UK politics
  The chancellor has made welcome changes to tax-free saving and investing but could go further still
  
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• ‘Is that it?’: Opposition parties attack Healey for lack of ambition

  28-10-2026 19:42 via UK politics
  Tories, Greens and Lib Dems dismiss chancellor’s first Budget as ‘nothing-burger’
  
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• Britain’s Budget buys time but ducks the hard choices

  28-10-2026 19:40 via UK politics
  Healey’s low-key package sidesteps long-term fiscal and growth challenges
  
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• Property tax rise will push more landlords to sell, Healey warned

  28-10-2026 19:38 via UK politics
  Measure will yield £575mn for Treasury in 2028-29, but estate agents say it will add to pressures in private rental sector
  
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• UK living standards will flatline this decade, says OBR

  28-10-2026 19:26 via UK politics
  Fiscal watchdog sees ‘grim’ outlook for real household disposable income as energy prices and taxes rise
  
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• Lancashire, Devon and Surrey to have elected mayors as Burnham pushes devolution

  28-10-2026 18:55 via UK politics
  Chancellor John Healey unveils plans for series of regional authorities in southern England and the Midlands
  
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• Sovereign wealth funds to be taxed on UK property investments

  28-10-2026 18:54 via UK politics
  Change is set to hit countries such as the Gulf states that are big property investors in Britain
  
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• Cash Isa U-turn a ‘victory for common sense’ say wealth managers

  28-10-2026 18:48 via UK politics
  The chancellor scrapped his predecessor’s plans to cut the annual tax-free limit to £12,000 a year
  
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• Why small-fry Budget measures can still have a big impact

  28-10-2026 18:23 via UK politics
  If Healey’s micro policies cut costs and save time, they will make some difference
  
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• HMRC creates list of 200 billionaires in tax crackdown on UK’s wealthiest

  28-10-2026 18:18 via UK politics
  Authority invites each billionaire and their representatives to ‘a voluntary initial or pre-filing discussion’
  
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• The thwarted Budget of a thwarted government

  28-10-2026 18:15 via UK politics
  While the political plan is obvious, the economic strategy is harder to discern
  
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• Finally, after Liz Truss, an actual mini-Budget

  28-10-2026 18:03 via UK politics
  Nosferatu lookalike John Healey is a modest Labour man. He trades in dull old HP sauce, not hot exciting blood
  
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• Bank of England able to take UK Budget in its stride despite slippage in deficit reduction

  28-10-2026 17:39 via UK politics
  Higher energy prices and interest costs take their toll on borrowing outlook
  
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• Budget calculator: how will Healey’s forecasts affect the tax you pay?

  28-10-2026 17:04 via UK politics
  Fiscal drag is set to hit taxpayers harder than previously thought
  
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• A Budget with echoes of Reeves

  28-10-2026 17:02 via UK politics
  Chancellor’s ‘steady as she goes’ announcements seen as ‘a vindication’ of strategy set out by his predecessor
  
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• Healey avoids bond market wobble with ‘uneventful’ first Budget

  28-10-2026 16:27 via UK politics
  Gilts hold on to pre-Budget gains following modest package of tax and spending changes
  
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• How will Budget forecasts affect the tax you pay?

  28-10-2026 16:24 via UK politics
  Fiscal drag is set to hit taxpayers harder than previously thought
  
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• Healey delivers a Budget with echoes of Reeves

  28-10-2026 16:06 via UK politics
  Chancellor’s ‘steady as she goes’ announcements seen as ‘a vindication’ of strategy set out by his predecessor
  
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• Healey hits banks with tax rise in Budget ‘for working people’

  28-10-2026 14:07 via UK politics
  Follow live: Chancellor’s first Budget sets out help for households and businesses while hitting lenders with a 3 per cent additional charge
  
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• Healey hits banks and savers with tax rises in Budget ‘for working people’

  28-10-2026 14:07 via UK politics
  Follow live: Chancellor’s first Budget sets out help for households and businesses while hitting lenders and taxing income from savings and property
  
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• Banks hit out at tax increase

  28-10-2026 14:07 via UK politics
  Follow live: Chancellor hit lenders and taxed income from savings and property
  
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• Banks hit out at Healey’s Budget tax increase

  28-10-2026 14:07 via UK politics
  Follow live: Chancellor hit lenders and taxed income from savings and property
  
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