It was a picky bits Budget but all the dishes are gherkins
"The reality is this was a NOTHING burger budget"
@SirSimonClarke gives us a few post Budget thoughts...
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Great stat by Ed Conway: this Budget has a record high number of measures (98) but the average value of each scorecard measure is a record low. Lot of fiddling...
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The government is once again pencilling in significant cuts to public spending towards the end of this Parliament but increases in the short term
Key question - will they ever happen?
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Great, but Sadiq Khan regards international trains from Stratford as an adequate substitute for a third runway at Heathrow. Which it isn't
Exclusive
John Healey is about to hand powers to London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan that allow him to give the Bakerloo Line the green light.
Healey also set to refer to Stratford station as an “international” hub, which means cross-Channel trains from East London.
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London to get Bakerloo Line extension and Euston upgrade in devolution push bit.ly/4stLXEB
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She was presented badly in the media because she did a bad job, not because she's a woman.
Calling fair criticism sexism just sets women back.
John Healey becomes the 25th man to deliver a budget as U.K. chancellor, facing soaring inflation and mounting debt.
But was his predecessor Rachel Reeves judged on more than her economic record? Her ex-advisor Matt Pound thinks so.
🎙️Listen now 👉 politico.eu/podcast/westmins…
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At least there’ll be one happy customer at @cityam towers tomorrow
🥒🥒My hill to die on is cheaper gherkins, so ahead of the Autumn Budget 2026, I've written a love letter to the leathery bad boys🥒🥒
cityam.com/autumn-budget-202…
Me on #budget beat for @CityAM
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Don't commit crimes or you'll experience the full weight of the law🐷
Hilarious story from @thomasgodfreyuk
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Nigel Farage told @MauricioFCA_ that he “hates the banks”. Suppose it makes sense if all your money is in crypto
news.uk.cityam.com/story/247…
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Down by the River Thames, a failure to build holds back Britain's growth reuters.com/world/uk/down-by… @Reuters
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Looking forward to Andy Burnham on Gogglebox tonight but as I said to @_RyanTubridy on @TimesRadio I can’t believe he genuinely has such a wide selection of crisps in Downing St. Skips, Twiglets, pork scratching AND bacon fries? That’s too many crisps Andy
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Well here’s an incredible fact for the day we turn back time. This naval gun, being straddled by Cher in the video to If I Could Turn Back Time, is the same naval gun also pictured here, as the Japanese sign the declaration of unconditional surrender, formally ending WW2.
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Love Andy Haldane’s economics mean girl era. He says a ‘critical friend’ of the government then says stuff like this 💅
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Andy Haldane: Burnham has it in him to be a great prime minister
thetimes.com/article/eb4f892…
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Labour's only idea for education is that kids should talk nice
You'd be forgiven for thinking that 'oracy' is an ancient term. But did you know that it was dreamed up in 1965 by a Birmingham academic?
What followed were decades of untested educational experiments which left children worse off.
Now Lucy Powell wants to do it all again.
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Paul Nuttall is running the vetting for Reform candidates? The same Paul Nuttall who, as UKIP leader, claimed to have lost friends at Hillborough, played for Tranmere Rovers, had a PHD and lived at a fake address? Ok
Via @JAHeale
Bacon butties and G&Ts at 30,000 feet: this week's column aboard Air Force Farage
🗣️ Why he's now back on the campaign trail
📺 Overhaul of leaders' office and big YouTube push
🪖 Defence, health + agriculture spox for shad cab
💸 Teal equivalent to Treasury 'red book' next week
🏛️ First candidates in seats from end of November
🎖️ Farage going personal with Remembrance film
spectator.com/article/nigel-…
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