John Healey faces questions over budget leak that moved bank share prices

<p>Treasury select committee asks FCA to investigate whether tax surcharge leak led to ‘improper release of inside information’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/oct/29/budget-john-healey-labour-uk-politics-latest-news">UK politics live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>John Healey is facing pressure to clarify whether he permitted a market-sensitive budget leak before his statement, which moved bank share prices.</p><p>The chair of the influential Commons Treasury select committe, Meg Hillier, has written to the Treasury and the Financial Conduct Authority watchdog (FCA) to assess whether a story leaked to Bloomberg, and published more than an hour before the budget was revealed, led to an “improper release of inside information”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/29/john-healey-faces-questions-over-budget-leak-that-moved-bank-share-prices">Continue reading...</a>

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