Badenoch says Healey’s budget will be worse than Reeves’s if he doesn’t slash spending
Conservative leader to give a speech later, while Treasury sources say Healey has ruled out a rise in capital gains tax Good morning.
The Guardian reports: Conservative leader to give a speech later, while Treasury sources say Healey has ruled out a rise in capital gains tax Good morning.
John Healey, the chancellor, is delivering his first budget a week tomorrow, and this morning there are two news developments that will help to frame the way it is received. This is significant because a capital gains tax hike was for a while seen as…
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