UK Chancellor Healey delivers budget to deal with 'global economic storms'

“UK Chancellor Healey delivers budget to deal with 'global economic storms”

British Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey on Wednesday set out the government's latest tax and spending measures in his first ​budget , ​seeking to boost economic growth while ​maintaining control of public finances. He described it as a “budget for the working people of Britain, ⁠for British businesses, big and small, delivered at a time ​when global uncertainties and pressures are swirling worldwide and hitting people here at home”. Mr Healey said the UK was facing “global economic…