Heather Stewart

The Prairie Hills USD No. 113 Board of Education (BOE) met at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 12, at Axtell Public School. Board members present were Leslie Scoby, Kathy Lippert, Jim...

Government paid £10.9bn in debt interest, the highest September figure since records began

Inflation surged to 3.5% last month while the government deficit was a worse-than-forecast £24.5bn, in a double dose of bad news for John Healey before next week's budget.

Every Sunday night, the chancellor, John Healey, slips next door to Andy Burnham's Downing Street flat where they order a curry and chew over politics on the prime minister's sofa.

Read this exciting story from The Guardian October 24, 2026 issue. Every Sunday night the chancellor, John Healey, slips next door to Andy Burnham’s Downing Street flat, where the pair order a curry and chew over politics on the prime minister’s sofa.

Chancellor will build on Burnham’s promise that local leaders in England will no longer have to ‘come cap in hand to Westminster’

Andy Burnham has promised that local leaders in England will no longer have to come “cap in hand to Westminster” ahead of a fresh drive to devolve spending power in next week's budget.

Ninety-plus Labour MPs warn civil service lacks skills to drive growth where it is needed and plan should be steered by Louis Haigh from Manchester

Healey hopes to give ‘hope for the future’ but only modest policies are expected with important decisions deferred

John Healey has acknowledged the UK faces a “difficult moment” but insisted he would put the country on a better path as he delivers his first budget on Wednesday against a turbulent global economic backdrop.