“Despite that, a ‘steady-as-she-goes’ budget is not an option available to the chancellor. Choosing to stay the course with the inherited tax and spending plans would mean allowing inflation to blow departments’ spending plans off course,”

Helen Miller · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-28

Miller said a steady-as-she-goes budget is not an option available to the chancellor, as staying the course would allow inflation to blow departments' spending plans off course.