Healey backs away from welfare cost cuts despite public finance warnings

According to The Guardian, John Healey has backed away from cutting welfare costs this parliament, despite warnings of a public finance shortfall. Experts criticised the budget as 'scattergun' and said he avoided big tax and spending decisions.

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1. 29 Oct, 20:02 UTCFirst appeared on The Guardian

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• Healey backs away from cutting welfare cost despite warnings of public finance shortfallThe Guardian