Healey Pledges to ‘Draw Line’ Under Rising Business Costs in Push for Growth

Healey wants to focus on the future but business is haunted by past mistakes

John Healey has a reassuring voice. If he revealed dry rot in your house or rang to tell you of suspicious activity on your account, you’d feel oddly calm about it. He’s not a gifted public speaker, but there is an ease and a glimmer of warmth that stands in stark contrast to the earnest [...]

Healey pledges to ‘draw line’ under rising business costs in push for growth

The Chancellor also promised to control Government spending.

Budget must back business, cut costs and deliver growth

CBI tells Healey £345bn business costs are holding back investment

The CBI has urged John Healey to cut business costs ahead of the 28 October budget, reporting firms paid almost £345bn in tax in 2025-26, up 12.7 per cent.