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The BBC's political correspondent Harry Farley explains what to expect ahead of John Healey's first Budget.

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<p>Struggling households, new homebuyers and small shops stand to gain, while banks and online marketplaces could face higher levies </p><p>John Healey will present his first budget on Wednesday, which will set the tone for Andy Burnham’s premiership.</p><p>Despite the chancellor’s promises in the summer that the tax and spending event would not be beset by

After more than a year of speculation about a major cost blowout, the state government is set to receive a final price on the new Women's and Children's Hospital within months.

Most of the papers focus on the Budget, ahead of its delivery at lunchtime on Wednesday.

<p>Healey hopes to give ‘hope for the future’ but only modest policies are expected with important decisions deferred</p><p>John Healey has acknowledged the UK faces a “difficult moment” but insisted he would put the country on a better path as he delivers his first budget on Wednesday against a turbulent global economic backdrop.</p><p>But despite the inter

Chancellor to pledge extra support for businesses, entrepreneurs and households during ‘difficult moment’

À deux voix près, les députés sont revenus sur ce dispositif fiscal créé lors du budget 2025, puis prolongé en 2026. Il vise aujourd’hui les entreprises réalisant au moins 1,5 milliard d’euros de chiffre d’affaires.

Support on the cost of living, and in particular energy bills, as well as announcments on devolution will be central to John Healey's first Budget.

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The Conservatives doubt whether women and girls will feel safer as a result of the funding.

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What the POLITICO newsroom will be scouring for as Britain's top finance minister unveils his first budget.

<p>From tackling the youth jobs crisis to repairing Brexit’s economic damage, John Healey has his work cut out for him</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-interactive/2026/oct/22/uk-budget-game-2026-john-healey-labour-andy-burnham">You be the chancellor: play our budget game to see if you can balance the books</a></p></li></ul><p>Jo

European Council President António Costa is pushing national capitals to agree new EU-wide levies to finance the budget.

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Investors will be watching for a possible increase in the bank corporation tax surcharge, higher taxes on gambling, and changes to property taxes.

FIG DATA – Article par article, Le Figaro a recensé toutes les modifications apportées au texte gouvernemental depuis le début de son examen à l’Assemblée nationale.

There is a lot more at stake than trying to boost the public purse in the UK’s budget statement. Westminster is increasingly convinced that, should Labour maintain its lead in the polls after John Healey delivers his autumn budget, Andy Burnham will call a general election. In theory, he does not need to do so until 2029, but a Prime Minister who was not ele

It’s budget eve but can the chancellor really deliver a ‘breathing space’ budget? With living standards under pressure, Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy explore the trade-offs John Healey must balance between the cost-of-living crisis, the government’s plan for growth and whether ministers can convince voters that they’re easing the pressure. Plus, Sam heads to D

John Healey delivers his first U.K. Budget with less fiscal room, higher spending pressures and bond investors pushing for less borrowing and more growth.

Another of the UK's biggest banks has posted billions in profits in part thanks to higher interest rates.

<p>Bankers have barely begun to repay the billions they cost the country after 2008. In this PM they may have met their match</p><p>Vibes matter. We live by how we feel – an idea that orthodox economics gets wrong and Andy Burnham’s first budget looks set to get right.</p><p>This walking good-vibes maestro is spreading a confetti of small good deeds. These m

Wheelchair user Brian Dalton pays ‘€5,000-€10,000 extra’ per year on things including assistive technology, transport and increased energy costs

Députés et sénateurs examinent, jusqu'à la fin de l'année, le budget de l'Etat et celui de la Sécurité sociale. Franceinfo vous propose de suivre l'avancée des travaux parlementaires au jour le jour.

L’Etat et la « Sécu » auront-ils chacun un budget avant la fin de 2026 ? Pour la troisième année de suite, l’exercice sera périlleux. Mais l’imminence de la présidentielle rebat les cartes. Le point sur le calendrier et sur les différents scénarios en débat, de la loi spéciale aux ordonnances.

Money has long been a taboo topic, but that’s changing as many of us find ourselves caught in the middle of awkward conversations with friends and family.

People on a range of incomes from £4,062 to £150,000 a year tell the BBC what they want to see in this year's Budget.

The Youth Advocacy Centre's chief executive says they're being punished for criticising the state government's approach to youth justice.

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<p>Controversial mechanism that hit unpaid carers with huge penalties to be scrapped following Guardian investigation</p><p>The controversial rule that led to unpaid carers being punished with penalties amounting to thousands of pounds is to be abolished, the Guardian can reveal.</p><p>The chancellor, John Healey, is to announce a new digital taper system fo

RÉCIT - Les parlementaires ont pris des mesures qui aggraveraient le déficit de plusieurs milliards d’euros.

Le débat sur le projet de loi de finances reprend mardi à l’Assemblée nationale. Rapporteur général, le député Les Républicains juge urgent de résorber le déficit pour éviter une crise de la dette. Face aux résistances, il multiplie les déclarations tranchantes. Y compris à l’égard de son propre camp.

Whether it’s from Apple, Garmin, or Google, we’re covering everything from sleek, budget-friendly models to devices loved by athletes and personal trainers.

Au Sénégal, le dimanche a été marqué par de vives tensions politiques. En conférence de presse, le Premier ministre Ahmadou Al Aminou a accusé le Pastef d'Ousmane Sonko de vouloir bloquer le pays après le rejet, par les députés du parti, de la loi de finances rectificative. Une situation qui pourrait compliquer l'exécution du budget pour le reste de l'année

RÉCIT - Au Palais Bourbon, une poignée de députés libéraux essayent, à l’occasion de l’examen budgétaire, de réduire les impôts et la dépense publique. En vain.

By one measure, John Healey’s budget has already been a success. He has avoided the paralysis that hit the UK before his predecessor Rachel Reeves delivered her tax and spending plans in November 2025. That budget had such an agonisingly long build-up that a combination of speculation and leaks caused jitters in financial markets, property transactions groun

Het prijsverschil tussen A-merken en budgetmerken in supermarkten is het afgelopen jaar weer groter geworden. De prijzen van A-merken stegen in een jaar tijd met gemiddeld 2 procent, huismerken werden gemiddeld juist 6 procent goedkoper. Dat concludeert de Consumentenbond na een rondgang bij tien supermarktketens. De bond vergeleek de prijzen van ruim 900 A-

Alors que la partie recettes du texte a été largement rejetée à l’Assemblée nationale, vendredi 23 octobre, le ministre de l’action et des comptes publics cherche une voie de passage, sans remettre en cause l’objectif d’un déficit ramené à 5 %.

Changes are needed to prevent the full, flat-rate state pension becoming liable for income tax after it rises in April.

That the UK has run out of money for its needs must be the grim realisation that underpins the national budget this week. There are signs that the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, John Healey , is indeed ingesting this message – yet Mr Healey must go further to level with the country. The national debt hit £3 trillion ($4 trillion) last week. The budget is e

Department of Public Expenditure voiced concerns timeline would not be met as transport sector considered 10% rise

Iraq is debating a draft federal budget for 2027 that would be the biggest in its history, but the plan is also the most detached from the country's financial reality. The bill, a copy of which was seen by The National , looks like a welfare-state budget drafted for a stable time, not an austerity plan for a government in the middle of its worst financial cr

SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's budget ministry said Monday it will beg...

Stories about the Budget and the investigation into the father of the Duchess of Sussex feature on Monday's front pages.

The economic is positive now but come January things could become trickier for the Labour government

Fulani leaders have urged President Tinubu to allocate 30% of the agricultural budget to the livestock ministry and establish pilot ranches across Nigeria. Read More: https://punchng.com/fulani-leaders-seek-ranches-30-farm-budget-allocation/

<p>Chancellor was said to be worried about market-sensitive leaks, yet significant policies have been heavily trailed in the media</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-interactive/2026/oct/22/uk-budget-game-2026-john-healey-labour-andy-burnham">You be the chancellor: play our budget game to see if you can balance the books</a></p></l

Chancellor John Healey may need to raise money to boost his fiscal headroom - BBC Verify examines what options could be on the table.

The nationwide menu prices for the chain are to increase by an average of 6%, with some heavy-traffic locations to rise by 10%.

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The move will take funding for the 10-year programme to more than £40bn.

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<p>Chancellor will build on Burnham’s promise that local leaders in England will no longer have to ‘come cap in hand to Westminster’</p><p>Andy Burnham has promised that local leaders in England will no longer have to come “cap in hand to Westminster” ahead of a fresh drive to devolve spending power in next week’s budget.</p><p>In his statement on Wednesday,

The full feasibility study will look in detail at how hosting the Games in northern England could work.

<p>The chancellor has promised ‘breathing space’ for households and small businesses but global events cannot be ignored</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-interactive/2026/oct/22/uk-budget-game-2026-john-healey-labour-andy-burnham">You be the chancellor: play our budget game to see if you can balance the books</a></p></li></ul><p>

The traditional dividing lines have returned to Westminster. In Ireland, things look rather different

A transition to a money-follows-the patient system of funding is long overdue