The Papers: 'Healey offers cold comfort' and 'A £100 trick or treat?'
Chancellor John Healey has delivered a budget featuring tax increases on banks and landlords to fund cost-of-living support for households. The announcement has received mixed reactions, with critics labeling it as either too modest or lacking in bold fiscal reform.
Why it matters
The budget reflects the government's attempt to balance fiscal discipline with immediate relief for families struggling with energy costs.
Image caption, Thursday's papers focus entirely on the Budget delivered in the Commons by Chancellor John Healey. Millions of households are set to receive £100 "to cope with winter energy bills", the Metro reports. The papers asks whether the pre-Halloween announcement is a "trick or treat" before suggesting the discount "will be swallowed up by rising prices".
Image caption, The iconic red despatch Budget box held by the chancellor features on the front of the Daily Mirror along with the headline "for the many not the few". For his autumn budget, Healey announced a tax increase on banks to fund "breathing space" measures for struggling families, the paper reports.
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