Chancellor John Healey's first budget was not a blockbuster fiscal event, but The Guardian reported that a small addition could prove more enduring than the main announcements. The measure, called the preventative departmental expenditure limit (PDEL), is intended to ring‑fence money for preventive policies, with potential protections for spending on children, young people and people sleeping rough. Described by The Guardian as welcome and potentially consequential, PDEL marks a new feature in the UK's tax and spending framework that could shape future departmental budgets.
Source: The Guardian.
