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Badenoch says Healey's budget will be even worse than Reeves's two

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  • Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch will claim in a Monday speech that John Healey's first budget will be even worse than the two delivered by Rachel Reeves, which raised taxes by £40bn and £26bn respectively.
  • Badenoch will argue the budget will do "more damage to our country than either of Rachel Reeves' budgets did" because Healey is not cutting spending, and that he should follow Conservative plans to cut government spending by £70bn a year.
  • The Guardian's live blog reports the budget's biggest "revenue raiser" will be a tax on banks, used to help fund a targeted and temporary cost-of-living support package.
  • The Times reports Healey has ruled out a capital gains tax rise after warnings it could ultimately cost the government money if wealthy individuals left the UK or deferred selling assets.
  • Healey will reduce the government's fiscal headroom — a buffer against future events — from £23bn to around £15bn, according to the Times.
 2026-10-20 · 5 MIN READ

Rochon issues 14-day halt of $20 million CBP-funded pro-Trump ads

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  • U.S. District Judge Jennifer Rochon issued a temporary restraining order Sunday barring the Trump administration from airing taxpayer-funded pro-Trump advertisements, effective for 14 days.
  • A coalition of Common Cause, Alabama state House candidate Robert Hunter, and SEIU 32BJ argued in their Wednesday complaint that the executive branch spent the funds outside of Congress's direction to air campaign-style ads.
  • Court documents state the Office of Management and Budget allocated $20 million from Customs and Border Protection funds to finance the ad campaign.
  • The Trump administration has described the ads as public service announcements intended to "remind Americans to love their country and know why its worth defending."
 2026-10-11 · 3 MIN READ
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