Healey's 'breathing space' budget – was that it?

Chancellor John Healey has just delivered his first Budget of the Burnham premiership – but has he done enough to turn the economy around?

In this special edition of Coffee House Shots, Economics Editor Michael Simmons and Deputy Political Editor James Heale unpack the Budget, from £100 energy payments and downgraded growth forecasts to what this means for Britain’s banks.

But is the Chancellor offering households genuine breathing space? And with the markets barely reacting post Budget, has Labour missed its chance to make a bold economic statement?

Plus: what does the Budget mean for the prospect of an early election next spring?

Produced by Patrick Gibbons and Abigail Brierley.

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