‘Steady as she goes’ UK budget fuels talk that bigger changes are in the wings
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The UK budget introduced modest adjustments aimed at easing cost‑of‑living pressures. Funding for those tweaks will come from taxes on banks and gambling operators. The chancellor presented the plan in a low‑key manner. Andy Burnham indicated that the budget does not silence speculation about an early election.
Andy Burnham cannot silence talk of an early election as his chancellor hits bank and gamblers to fund cost-of-living tweaks in low-key budget