27/10/2026
Yesterday marked Andy Burnham's 100th day as Prime Minister, and it's also the day John Healey stands up to deliver Labour's first Budget under him
So what have families in Runnymede and Weybridge actually had for those 100 days? Diesel has gone over £2 a litre and inflation is back up to 3.5%. On top of that, the government's long-term borrowing costs are the highest they've been since 1998. That isn't some abstract City number; it feeds straight into the mortgage rates of households across Surrey who are already stretched to the limit.
Meanwhile a village of around 350 people in Oxfordshire is being told to take more than 1,200 asylum seekers on an old military base. And the ringleader of the Rochdale grooming gang is still living here, months after his release.
Tomorrow's Budget will show whether Labour has learned anything. I'm not holding my breath.
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