Chancellor to deliver fiscal statement, billed as decisive moment for fate of Starmer government, at 12.30pm
Darren Jones, the Cabinet Office minister and chief secretary to the prime minister, admitted this morning that some of the pre-budget leaks have infuriated No 10.
Jones was on the morning interview round for the government this morning and, asked about budget leaks, he told LBC:
There have been some leaks which are unacceptable and not very helpful.
We’ve had to read the riot act to people in government about that.
[The budget] will include action to cut NHS waiting lists, cut debt and borrowing, and cut the cost of living to secure a strong future for the country, built on fairness and fuelled by growth.
Action to keep prescription costs under £10, freeze rail fares for the first time in 30 years and increase the national minimum wage and national living wage by £1,500 and £900 respectively has already been confirmed to put more money in people’s pockets at this budget.
Today I will take the fair and necessary choices to deliver on our promise of change.
I will not return Britain back to austerity, nor will I lose control of public spending with reckless borrowing.
Continue reading…Chancellor to deliver fiscal statement, billed as decisive moment for fate of Starmer government, at 12.30pmTax, pensions, savings: what to expect in the budgetReeves’s high-stakes budget in five key chartsCould you do better than Reeves? Play our gameDarren Jones, the Cabinet Office minister and chief secretary to the prime minister, admitted this morning that some of the pre-budget leaks have infuriated No 10.Jones was on the morning interview round for the government this morning and, asked about budget leaks, he told LBC:There have been some leaks which are unacceptable and not very helpful.We’ve had to read the riot act to people in government about that.[The budget] will include action to cut NHS waiting lists, cut debt and borrowing, and cut the cost of living to secure a strong future for the country, built on fairness and fuelled by growth.Action to keep prescription costs under £10, freeze rail fares for the first time in 30 years and increase the national minimum wage and national living wage by £1,500 and £900 respectively has already been confirmed to put more money in people’s pockets at this budget.Today I will take the fair and necessary choices to deliver on our promise of change.I will not return Britain back to austerity, nor will I lose control of public spending with reckless borrowing. Continue reading…
