The last line of this is incorrect. The infected blood and Horizon compensation schemes were created in legislation in the last months of the last government; the costs merely crystalised for the first time in this budget.
https://www.ft.com/content/862eafbf-b14f-42ef-9022-2c67b63bf572
https://www.ft.com/content/862eafbf-b14f-42ef-9022-2c67b63bf572
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I think it was a good - maybe great - Labour budget