John Healey

We’ll be watching closely for any suggestions that customers are being taken for a ride at the pump or the till.

At the spending review, we will set out a clear path to meeting our 3.5 per cent Nato commitment in 2035 and we will set a target date on that path for 3 per cent,

We’ve written to the cabinet to say that if we’re serious about new priorities as a second-stage Labour government we have to be serious about – and they have to be serious about – reprioritisation of their plans, their budgets,

We have backed British jobs, British skills and British businesses.

This is the way we start to build new hope and advance the working people of this country.

For the first time we’re giving mayors a share of income tax so communities directly benefit when their economy grows.

The people who best understand what skills employers want, what transport an area needs and where investment can make the biggest difference are those who live there.

And we have provided just a bit of breathing-space for those families and businesses that feel so squeezed, that feel without hope.

This government is working fast to restore hope and back Britain’s communities. In the past two weeks, we have begun to kickstart growth in every postcode. We have backed British jobs, British skills and British businesses.

It will be built on fiscal discipline. It will meet our fiscal rules. It’ll give businesses and families some of the stability they need to plan for the future. Now, let’s get on with the job.

Moves money and power out of Westminster, into every postcode around Britain

Now, let's get on with the job.

This will be a Budget that moves money and power out of Westminster, and into every postcode around Britain.

I want a clear plan to increase UK defence spending to 3% of GDP by 2030.

Time to get on with the job.

Together, we will build a new economy, build new hope and advance the working people of this country.

We share the values, we share the vision, and we will start together now, Prime Minister and Chancellor, to build that new hope, to build that new economy.

We will meet our commitments on defence to our international allies.

I am as concerned about the cost of business as I am the cost of living. I am really concerned that where we make government policy and government decisions, these can help raise the levels of investment, innovation and profit in British…

You will see this as a determined drive that you have not seen before from a British government. Buying British not 'if possible', but by design. So every procurement pound supports British jobs, British apprenticeships and British skills.

We are writing today to ask for your confirmation... that you will fully pass through the VAT reduction to all your domestic customers, including those on fixed tariffs, for the duration of the cut to reassure consumers across the country…

John Healey intends to pursue this idea, he wants to raise the money that we need for defence because he knows better than anyone that it is not a luxury, it is absolutely necessary.

This measure is funded this year from cancelling the Digital ID programme, and it will help bring down inflation while supporting households in every postcode.

We are determined to bring hope back, give businesses the support they need and generate growth in every postcode.

That is why yesterday we cut VAT on electricity bills and today we’re announcing a £2 cap on bus fares from January.