The budget is a significant and bold departure from the previous government's approach that establishes clear political and economic dividing lines for the current parliament.

“I think it's um a much bigger budget than we expected I think it's in many ways a lot Bolder and I think what it's done is laid down the really big political and economic dividing lines of this Parliament”

The budget represents a necessary correction that prioritizes investment and public spending over the austerity measures that hindered economic growth.

“I would much rather they uh came up with a sensible Economic Policy put up taxes and increased borrowing rather than feeling that they their hands were so tied by their lies during the election that they couldn't actually do anything sensible so I think in the end that this was the Lesser evil”