# Opinion: John Healey's Little Budget

https://averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com/2026/10/john-healeys-little-budget.html

Apart from stiffing recent graduates and dragging more people into higher tax bands, Martin Lewis was quite pleased with John Healey's budget statement. Which fits the label Aditya Chakrabortty applied to it: this was a budget to please everybody's favourite money expert. But what about the politics? This was far from the big offer Andy Burnham sold during his Labour leadership conference speech. Of the 10-year plan, there was nary a sign. Instead, this was a tinkerer's budget but one designed to land with a minimum of fuss. For example, £100 for everyone in council tax bands A to D to offset

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Created: 2026-10-29T13:24:55.728801+00:00

Last edited: 2026-10-29T13:24:55.728801+00:00

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