Healey says employers are working people as Budget debate continues

Politics · First reported 3 Nov, 13:26 · Updated 13:55

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John Healey said employers count as working people, contradicting Treasury minister Emma Reynolds’s recent comments. He defended the Budget as providing breathing space, while Parliament also debated borrowing, household living standards and energy support.

Healey told MPs that employers are working people, differing from Reynolds, who had said employers did not fit the Labour manifesto’s definition because they are companies.
Healey said his Budget protected income and avoided broad-based tax rises; he also defended a £2.6 billion energy support package for 20 million households.
The article also reports debate over borrowing forecasts and household living standards, and Healey’s comments on proposed UK-EU food trade arrangements.

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Healey’s position: He said employers count as working people. (d95be98f-cbe1-4b74-80ad-7c3b02383968)
Reynolds’s position: She had said employers did not count under the manifesto definition because they are companies. (d95be98f-cbe1-4b74-80ad-7c3b02383968)
Energy support: The package was £2.6 billion and intended to help 20 million households this winter. (d95be98f-cbe1-4b74-80ad-7c3b02383968)
EU summit: Healey said the 20 November summit would allow the UK to advance food-standards trade deals. (d95be98f-cbe1-4b74-80ad-7c3b02383968)