PM Admits Ideal Budget Was Ruined by the Requirement to Pay for Things LONDON — Andy Burnham has declared an ideological struggle against economic reality, only to discover that reality has independent auditors, a bond market and a nasty habit of collecting its debts on time. Burnham’s Budget Admission: Global Volatility Blamed for a Smaller Plan The Prime Minister admitted on Friday that his first Budget fell short of the…
Britain already owes nearly £3 trillion, but economists welcome the opportunity to explore new forms of debt that begin several centuries before the borrower is born. LONDON, October 17, 2026 – Britain’s economic difficulties have acquired an exciting historical dimension after Jamaica’s reparations petition revived discussion about whether the country could owe compensation for the transatlantic slave trade. The government has insisted that the UK will not pay reparations. Jamaica’s…
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