IFS: Spending pressures the main challenge for Healey at the Budget

Green Budget 2026 report

Michael Nelson
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Increasing defence spending while identifying cuts elsewhere will be the main challenge for Chancellor John Healey at the upcoming Budget on 28 October, rather than borrowing forecasts.

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