<p>Chancellor was said to be worried about market-sensitive leaks, yet significant policies have been heavily trailed in the media</p><p>The public has been told repeatedly that John Healey is so concerned about budget leaks that he has set up defence-style “compartmentalisation” to prevent the Treasury’s financial secrets escaping.</p><p>The macho military analogies began in mid-August when Healey was said by the Telegraph to be “on a war footing” to stop the drip of information that he believed had beleaguered Rachel Reeves.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/25/john-healey-chancellor-budget-secrecy">Continue reading...</a>
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Has Healey’s military-style budget secrecy really played out so differently to past budgets?
<p>Chancellor was said to be worried about market-sensitive leaks, yet significant policies have been heavily trailed in the media</p><p>The public has been told repeatedly that John Healey is so concerned about budget leaks that he has set up defence-style “compartmentalisation” to prevent the Treasury’s financial secrets escaping.</p><p>The macho military analogies began in mid-August when Healey was said by the Telegraph to be “on a war footing” to stop the drip of information that he believed had beleaguered Rachel Reeves.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/25/john-healey-chancellor-budget-secrecy">Continue reading...</a>