John Healey's Budget Is The Exact Opposite Of Rachel Reeves's | Steven Swinford

"He's trying to do smaller increases in the minimum wage to take a different tack in a bid to repair relations with business." Times political editor Steven Swinford says John Healey is trying to present a "smaller fiscal event" to raise confidence in businesses, whereas Rachel Reeves did the contrary in the 2025 budget. Steven Swinford was speaking to Kate McCann and Calum Macdonald on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every Monday-Thursday from 6-10am. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_... Find us on Facebook:   / timesandsundaytimes   Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram:   / thetimes