Healey reportedly set to tax banks in budget as commentary questions Labour's direction
Photo: The GuardianHow coverage differs Left sources emphasize a reported bank tax to offset war costs; alternative sources frame the budget as right-wing and ask whether Burnham and Healey diverge.
The Guardian reports, citing its own understanding of the plans, that Chancellor John Healey is poised to tax Britain's banks in his 28 October budget. The aim is to help offset damage to the public finances from the war in the Middle East. It adds that Healey is in Bangkok, where the International Monetary Fund has praised UK progress. UnHerd's piece calls it a right-wing Labour budget and asks whether Burnham and Healey are diverging. The excerpts give no further detail on that question.
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