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2026-10-29 · The Guardian · Politics

Reader Q&A: Our money and economics correspondents answer your Budget 2026 questions

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2026-10-27 · The Guardian · Politics

Chancellor targets cost of living crisis in budget for a ‘difficult moment’

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2026-10-24 · The Guardian · Politics

Healey’s first budget to include big devolution package to boost growth

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2026-09-25 · The Guardian · Politics

No snap election before 2029, Andy Burnham says

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2026-09-17 · The Guardian · Economy/Business

Burnham has to sell Bank rate rises as ‘breathing space’ – good luck with that

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2026-10-01 · The Guardian · Economy/Business

Healey urged to offer energy support in budget as bills rise 4%

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2026-09-04 · The Guardian

🔮 The Japanese yen has soared by more than 2% against the dollar amid speculation the Bank of Japan is set to raise interest rates. assertive

2026-09-17 · The Guardian

🔮 That was the prospect opened up by Thursday’s minutes of the Bank’s monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting, which left rates unchanged at 3.75% – for now – but suggested policymakers may be unlikely to hold out much longer. assertive

2026-09-19 · The Guardian

🔮 The Resolution Foundation rejects the suggestion that relinking LHA with local conditions would mainly benefit private landlords, by driving up rents. assertive

2026-09-20 · The Guardian

🔮 It will hardly be our most pressing concern if the bots are poised to take over the world, but a collapse of the AI bubble would have repercussions far beyond the US. mixed

2026-09-25 · The Guardian

🔮 Andy Burnham has said he will not call a snap general election before 2029, after days of speculation that Labour’s revival in the polls could tempt him to call an early contest. assertive

2026-10-01 · The Guardian

🔮 In his speech at Labour’s conference in Liverpool this week, the chancellor warned that the government had limited resources to cushion the worldwide economic shocks hitting Britain, while arguing his budget would have fiscal discipline at its core. assertive

2026-10-07 · The Guardian

🔮 She said governments could not rely on rapid economic growth to lift the burden of debt – and instead would have to make “very tough political choices”. mixed

2026-10-07 · The Guardian

🔮 The JRF predicts that, after housing costs, average household incomes will be between £440 and £770 lower in real terms in 2029-30 than when Labour came to power two years ago. assertive

2026-10-08 · The Guardian

🔮 Recent dramatic moves in government bond markets have been driven by international factors, but will increase the pressure on John Healey ahead of his first budget as chancellor on 28 October. assertive

2026-10-24 · The Guardian

🔮 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. assertive

2026-10-27 · The Guardian

🔮 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. assertive

2026-10-29 · The Guardian

🔮 Hilary Osborne, the Guardian’s money and consumer editor will be joining economics editor Heather Stewart from 3pm (GMT) today to answer your questions on the outlook for our economy. assertive

2026-10-30 · The Guardian

🔮 From Friday, as part of Labour’s Employment Rights Act, unions will have the right to enter workplaces or communicate with staff electronically. assertive

2026-11-01 · The Guardian

🔮 John Healey’s debut budget was far from a blockbuster, but it may come to be remembered for the birth of a plucky new character in the tax and spend universe – little PDEL. mixed

2026-11-02 · The Guardian

🔮 More than 2.3m UK households face a sharp rise in mortgage payments as they come off fixed-rate deals in 2027, with the Bank of England expected to begin raising interest rates this week. mixed