Healey sets budget for late October, promising to ‘spread money and power’ around UK

The UK government has announced its budget will come on October twenty-eighth. Chancellor John Healey, speaking for Andy Burnham's administration, said the budget will 'spread money and power' beyond Westminster to businesses and households across the country. According to The Guardian, the Chancellor has committed to sticking to Labour's fiscal rules as borrowing costs continue to rise.

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