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  "id": 14399778,
  "title": "UK finance minister Healey set to pay for budget giveaways without more borrowing, FT reports",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/uk-finance-minister-healey-set-to-pay-for-budget-giveaways-without",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-14T07:33:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40444168/uk-finance-minister-healey-set-to-pay-for-budget-giveaways-without-more-borrowing-ft-reports"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "UK Finance Minister John Healey is expected to pay for all new giveaways in this month’s budget, including a cost-of-living package, with higher taxes or spending cuts rather than more borrowing, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. Time ‘to put pressure on Putin’: UK defence minister The October 28 fiscal package would be “scorecard positive” in 2029-30, the final year of the parliament,…",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/sunday-trading-vat-free-shopping-healey-has-plenty-of-low-hanging",
        "published": "2026-10-14T04:29:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Business",
        "title": "John Healey ‘targets tax crackdown on online marketplaces’ in first budget",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/john-healey-targets-tax-crackdown-on-online-marketplaces-in-first",
        "published": "2026-10-14T07:42:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Politico EU",
        "title": "Budget ‘beerlaterals’: How Burnham and Healey really work",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/budget-beerlaterals-how-burnham-and-healey-really-work",
        "published": "2026-10-14T07:52:24.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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