
However, the Prime Minister’s former advisor did not share the Chancellor’s enthusiasm for the fiscal plans.“John Healey plainly yesterday had sworn the Hippocratic Oath before he gave his speech,” Mr Haldane told the BBC.”It was a do-no-harm Budget, and as best we can tell, most people shrugged: businesses, consumers, financial markets.”And given its predecessors, maybe we should thank heavens for those small mercies.”