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Budget 2026
UK
Budget will leave struggling families “in exactly the same place next year”, warns JRF
Left Field reporters
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The Joseph Rowntree Foundation welcomed help with energy bills this winter, but said the chancellor had again reached for temporary fixes, warning living standards are on course for their fastest fall on record.
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Help with bills, a soft touch on wealth: how Healey’s first budget scored
Andy Walker
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Before the budget, Left Field set three tests: relief for the lowest paid, a fair share from the wealthiest and fair funding for care. Healey scored two partials and a fail.
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Healey’s budget offers “baby steps” and “crumbs from the top table”, says Unite
Left Field news desk
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Unite called Healey’s jobs plan “a press release” and frozen tax thresholds a “noose” on wages, while the TUC hailed a bank tax ‘win’ and campaigners said billions were left on the table.
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Don’t let the markets scare you off investing, Unite tells Healey
Left Field news desk
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Union says borrowing to invest is nothing like Truss’s unfunded tax cuts and urges the chancellor to tax the super-rich rather than settle for “managed decline”.