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Chancellor's red budget box on a wooden Treasury desk beside printed fiscal tables and a fountain pen under flat office lighting, no logos or readable text

Green Budget Paper Puts £25 Billion Question on Healey's Day-to-Day Spending Totals

The IFS Green Budget says higher inflation could force John Healey to find about £25 billion by 2030–31 just to avoid real-terms cuts outside health and defence.

Helen Crowe Oct 12, 2026

A British farmer walks a harvested wheat field under grey autumn clouds as Parliament prepares a food-security inquiry.

Farmers Tell MPs Food Supply Chains Face Collapse as UK Inquiry Opens Monday

Producers warned that thin margins, El Niño-linked harvest losses and supermarket pricing power could leave Britain importing more staples as the Public Accounts Committee begins hearings on food resilience.

Helen Crowe Oct 11, 2026

Downing Street cabinet room with empty chairs around a long polished table, binders and water glasses, overcast daylight through tall windows, no logos or readable text.

Burnham Rejects Cooper's Pre-Budget NHS Cash Plea in Cabinet Spending Row

Prime Minister Andy Burnham blocked Health Secretary Yvette Cooper's bid for a pre-Budget NHS uplift, insisting Treasury lines must hold until the Office for Budget Responsibility signs off on growth assumptions.

Helen Crowe Oct 11, 2026

Exterior of the Bank of England on Threadneedle Street on an overcast morning, stone facade and black railings, commuters passing on wet pavement, no logos or readable text

Andrew Bailey Links Gilt Rout to Fiscal Credibility as UK Borrowing Costs Hit 28-Year High

The Bank of England governor warned markets could push gilt yields higher if investors doubt the UK’s fiscal path, three weeks before John Healey’s first Budget.

Helen Crowe Oct 10, 2026

Offshore gas platform on the North Sea under grey October skies, yellow maintenance cranes on the deck, North Sea chop, distant supply vessel, sodium deck lights starting to glow, no logos or readable text

Shell UK Trade Body Flags North Sea Maintenance Delays as Gas Forward Curve Jumps

Offshore Energies UK warns deferred platform work is colliding with a steeper winter gas forward curve as Middle East supply risks keep sterling household contracts in focus.

Helen Crowe Oct 9, 2026