UK bets on a boring budget | FT #shorts

Financial Times5 hours ago1:24

Britain's finance minister John Healey will deliver his annual budget on October 28. With the UK facing the highest borrowing costs in the G7, the spending item he will be most keen to get under control is the government’s interest payments bill. ⁠ ⁠ The FT’s economics commentator Chris Giles tells Katie Martin why dull is good when it comes to public finances.⁠ ► Enjoying FT content? Get a daily slice of the very best FT journalism with FT Edit. Free for 30 days then just £4.99 a month See if you get the FT for free as a student (http://ft.com/schoolsarefree) or start a £1 trial: https://subs.ft.com/spa3_trial?segmentId=3d4ba81b-96bb-cef0-9ece-29efd6ef2132. ► Check out our Community tab for more stories: https://www.youtube.com/@FinancialTimes/community ► Listen to our podcasts: https://www.ft.com/podcasts ► Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/financialtimes ► Follow us on Instagram: https://www.tiktok.com/@financialtimes

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