# Chancellor reveals Budget secrets early - but why?

An episode of [Politics At Sam and Anne's](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1709628885), 20 Oct 2026, 22 min.

Audio: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/cf0ccb4c-8f96-4f1d-b75c-a629db1593a5.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=e0c28668-b961-43cf-8d6c-6ba62ef8a7a3&aw_0_1st.episodeid=cf0ccb4c-8f96-4f1d-b75c-a629db1593a5

John Healey’s first budget is shrouded in secrecy so how come we know he won’t be touching capital gains tax? Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy ponder whether the Treasury is worried about growth and discuss how Kemi Badenoch is trying to get the Conservatives on an economic front foot. Plus, they pull apart the weekly polling numbers, and Sam’s got a story about the wait times for parents of SEND children.

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