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Healey Warns Tough First Autumn Budget Amid Iran Tensions

9/6/2026

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Healey Warns Tough Budget

Chancellor John Healey warned that the first autumn Budget will be tough.
He said President Donald Trump’s war with Iran is raising UK inflation, slowing growth, and lifting borrowing costs.
Healey pledged a buffer, kept surplus rules, set a 3.5% GDP defence target by 2035, and cut the green-book discount to 3%.

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Healey Warns Tough Budget

Chancellor John Healey warned that the first autumn Budget will be tough.
He said President Donald Trump’s war with Iran is raising UK inflation, slowing growth, and lifting borrowing costs.
Healey pledged a buffer, kept surplus rules, set a 3.5% GDP defence target by 2035, and cut the green-book discount to 3%.

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