Asked whether growth would be stronger if Britain was in the EU or single market, Mr Healey told LBC: ‘Well, I don’t actually accept that’

Asked whether growth would be stronger if Britain was in the EU or single market, Mr Healey told LBC: ‘Well, I don’t actually accept that’

It came as John Healey warned that the UK faces more ‘hard decisions’ about its spending priorities in the coming years, after delivering his first Budget on Wednesday

It came as John Healey warned that the UK faces more ‘hard decisions’ about its spending priorities in the coming years, after delivering his first Budget on Wednesday

The chancellor vowed there would be a ‘reduction in the benefits bill’ before the next general election – and then Downing Street intervened

The chancellor vowed there would be a ‘reduction in the benefits bill’ before the next general election – and then Downing Street intervened

The chancellor vowed there would be a ‘reduction in the benefits bill’ before the next general election – and then Downing Street intervened

Economists warned Healey’s first budget offered only a ‘raft of fiddly measures but very little that will move the dial on growth’

Economists warned Healey’s first budget offered only a ‘raft of fiddly measures but very little that will move the dial on growth’

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Britain is reportedly discussing a series of options for closer alignment with the bloc, ahead of a crucial UK-EU summit next month

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The prime minister said he did not think ‘things have worked out as people said they would at the time’