John Healey

British politician (born 1960)

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We are recognising those pressures, being honest about what we can do and taking practical action wherever possible to give people some breathing space at the budget.”
The best thing we can offer a young person is not a benefit payment — it's a first job with training and a wage."
We know there are state-backed actors who could harm Britain, and therefore we are vigilant,
Fundamentally, what we need is a settlement in the Middle East. We need an easing of the pressure of costs on business, the costs on households and on ordinary families that we see at the pumps in the most extreme level today for diesel."
Let’s bring back hope to Britain for the next generation of young people, for a new age of industrialisation, for growth made here by British firms and British workers.”
The best thing we can offer a young person isn’t a benefit payment, it’s a first job with training and a wage,

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Conservatives pledge 'tough love' benefit rules for under-25s

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Under the Tory proposals, those aged 18 to 24 who apply for Universal Credit but have not previously worked for a continuous period of six months or more, for at least 16 hours per week, would instead have to take part in a "Get to Work" scheme

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JP Morgan boss to meet John Healey amid bank tax fears

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Dimon was among a group of bank bosses who successfully lobbied against higher taxes before Rachel Reeves’ budget last year — with Dimon hosting Varun Chandra, who remains in his post as the prime minister’s business envoy, at a birthday celebration for King Charles at the bank’s Manhattan headquarters

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