UK Treasury Considers Smaller Fiscal Buffer

British finance minister John Healey may accept a smaller fiscal buffer to reduce tax increases in the upcoming budget. Officials are debating a lower buffer target as investors indicate the gilt market would remain stable.

FILE PHOTO: Canary Wharf, from the Horizon 22 viewing platform in London, Britain, June 9, 2026. REUTERS/Chris J. Ratcliffe/File Photo

The United Kingdom Treasury may accept a smaller fiscal buffer to reduce tax rises in next month’s budget. Finance minister John Healey faces mounting pressure to meet fiscal rules without hiking main levies.

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