Healey should adopt cuts at Budget to ‘live within our means’, Badenoch to say The Independent News By: David Lynch 19 October 2026 at 22:00 The Conservative leader will urged Andy Burnham and his Chancellor John Healey to ‘live within our means’, by adopting cuts across Government. © PA Wire
Cut public spending rather than raising taxes on banks, IMF warns Healey The Independent News By: David Lynch 16 October 2026 at 18:38 Chancellor John Healey is reportedly considering raising the tax on bank profits at the Budget, as a means of dealing with the government’s spending challenges © Peter Byrne/PA
IMF warns John Healey to consider spending cuts rather than raising bank taxes The Independent News By: David Lynch 16 October 2026 at 16:39 The Chancellor is reportedly considering reversing a reduction in the surcharge banks pay on their profits. © PA Wire