Chancellor John Healey delays major reforms until 2027
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John Healey has delivered his debut budget, an exercise in caution that postpones the most difficult decisions for three years. The strategy appears designed to avoid the volatility that unseated his predecessors, though investors and reformers alike seem underwhelmed by the wait. The Chancellor insists he remains committed to reducing the welfare bill, even if the math to achieve it has been deferred.
Russell Brand told jurors that he had achieved staggering fame and then misused it for sex. The testimony comes as part of a trial where Mr Brand denies all charges. Elsewhere, a podcast investigation into 'AI psychosis' has traced the impact of chatbots from a British psychiatric ward to Silicon Valley.
A local authority in a wealthy London suburb has begun offering residents £100 each. The payment is intended to help with the cost of living, though in one of the capital's more prosperous postcodes, the gesture is being viewed more as a curiosity than a lifeline.