{
  "id": 16954480,
  "title": "He promised fresh hope and delivered doom, but Dr Death’s budget succeeds in doing no harm | John Crace",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/he-promised-fresh-hope-and-delivered-doom-but-dr-deaths-budget",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-28T18:21:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/28/budget-john-crace-dr-death-doing-no-harm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Armed with 98 measures, a rictus grin and a decidedly comedy-free speech, the chancellor at least offered us – and Labour – some breathing space It was as if John Healey was taking the Hippocratic oath. First do no harm. For your first budget, this may be no bad thing: we can all think of plenty of chancellors who have done untold damage. Take a bow George Osborne. It might just have been better…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}