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Healey’s claimed military-style secrecy is undermined by extensive media leaks, raising questions about the effectiveness of his compartmentalization strategy.
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Has Healey’s military-style budget secrecy really played out so differently to past budgets?
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Chancellor was said to be worried about market-sensitive leaks, yet significant policies have been heavily trailed in the mediaThe 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.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. Continue reading...
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