UK Budget Preview: Healey's Fiscal Headroom Tight as Inflation, Debt Soar

Ahead of the Oct. 28 UK budget, Chancellor John Healey faces constrained fiscal headroom amid rising inflation, soaring borrowing costs, and trillions in national debt. Treasury insiders suggest external pressures may limit domestic policy ambitions, including Andy Burnham's 'hope again' agenda. The budget's outcome will signal the government's fiscal credibility and policy direction.

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