Healey urged to be bold on borrowing in first test of Burnham’s growth pledge Some want the chancellor to exploit newly flexible fiscal rules – others want a more creative approach, such as borrowing from markets With just 12 weeks to go until his first budget, new chancellor John Healey is seeking ways to ramp up public investment, without busting the Treasury’s fiscal rules – and some economists are urging him to be bold. As he settles into No 11 Downing Street, the former defence secretary’s most immediate challenges concern day-to-day government spending. Continue reading... Wes Streeting vows 'we're with Ukraine until they win' on his first visit to Kyiv as Andy Burnham's defence secr
etary Shared words with burnham, defence, first, secretary, until 'Andy Burnham's huge mental health pledge should take strain off hospitals' Shared words with burnham, government, pledge, street A raft of new mental health centres are to open in libraries, banks and other high street locations across England to get people “support earlier closer to home”, the Government has announced
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