09:02⇢Healey Vows Tough Welfare Squeeze
Post-Budget coverage shifts from measures to political fallout, with Chancellor Healey pledging to cut the welfare bill before the next election through a tough approach to young people (Guardian, Independent) after deferring decisions (HuffPost UK, Mirror). Right-leaning outlets frame middle-earners as worse off (Daily Mail, Sun, Telegraph), alongside speculation over a December election under Burnham (Spectator).
BBC
Families desperate for news as rescuers work to identify Spanish train crash victims
Sixty-nine people are known to have died when a high speed train crashed into a stationary train on the same line.
11:20
The Guardian
Healey vows to cut welfare bill before next election with ‘tough’ approach to young people
Chancellor’s comments come as fiscal watchdog says disability benefits will cost £100bn a year before end of decade
09:01
The Economist
The Americans changing politics for the better
Hispanics and Asians have become their country’s most dynamic swing voters
11:59
The Telegraph
Live Healey mounts tax raid on savers
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