'Difficult decisions will be made', James Murray says | Budget 2024

Exchequer secretary to The Treasury James Murray discusses the Chancellor's plan to change the government's fiscal rules - how it calculates its debt and the parameters for spending. He told Sky News: "I would say that what we're doing is actually about making sure that mortgages and taxes, prices, are as low as possible in the long run". "Because if you can get the economy growing, then you put the economy and people's livelihoods in a better position, and that's what we're doing." Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-budget-starmer-reeves-labour-tax-pension-national-insurance-live-12593360 #skynews #uk SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https://podfollow.com/skynewsdaily/ For analysis of world events, tap here for The World With Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim: https://podfollow.com/the-world-with-richard-and-yalda Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here/Los video de Sky News están disponibles en español aquí: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzG5BnqHO8oNlrPDW9CYJog To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales