'Really tough choices' to come over Budget
Daily Mirror UK|October 18, 2024
Minister's alert after colleagues were said to have written to PM with fears
SOPHIE HUSKISSON
'Really tough choices' to come over Budget

BRIDGET Phillipson yesterday sent a stark warning to fellow Cabinet ministers about the Budget.

The Education Secretary's remarks came after several of her Cabinet colleagues wrote directly to Prime Minister Keir Starmer expressing alarm over possible public spending cuts.

Ms Phillipson declined to comment on what she called private conversations. But she said ahead of the October 30 Budget: "All of us have to make some really tough choices."

This story is from the October 18, 2024 edition of Daily Mirror UK.

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