{
  "id": 17089172,
  "title": "Healey’s budget paves way for ‘brutal’ spending review next year, warns IFS",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/healeys-budget-paves-way-for-brutal-spending-review-next-year-warns",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-29T13:47:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/29/john-healey-budget-brutal-spending-review-next-year-ifs"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Thinktank says chancellor has given himself a mountain to climb after ducking big decisions in low-key speech John Healey has paved the way for a “brutal” spending review next year after his budget failed to cover a £28bn shortfall in the public finances needed to avoid a return to austerity, according to Britain’s leading tax and spending experts. A day after his address to the Commons , the…",
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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."
}