Theguardian iconTheguardianSep 28, 2026

Healey offers upbeat vision but sheds little light on how it will be paid for

Healey's budget next month is widely seen both inside and outside Labour as the moment when the prime minister's radical rhetoric about ditching 40 years of neoliberal orthodoxy risks crashing into fiscal reality.

Healey offers upbeat vision but sheds little light on how it will be paid for

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Healey's budget next month is widely seen both inside and outside Labour as the moment when the prime minister's radical rhetoric about ditching 40 years of neoliberal orthodoxy risks crashing into fiscal reality.

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