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Chancellor accepts Labour has put a ‘lot of pressure’ on business and says helping entrepreneurs will be budget priority – UK politics live

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SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. The Guardian Politics is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to United Kingdom. The first report grouped here was at 22 Oct 2026, 08:03 UTC. 3 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Chancellor accepts Labour has put a ‘lot of pressure’ on business and says helping entrepreneurs will be budget priority – UK politics live”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
John Healey is expected to cut red tape requirements, particularly for smaller businesses Kalyeena Makortoff is the Guardian’s banking correspondent. CS Venkatakrishnan, CEO at Barclays, seems to have admitted defeat over bank tax hikes, which are expected to be a headline measure in Healey’s budget next week.
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