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#budget #money #discretionaryspending #finances

Rising food bills put takeaways on hold

UK consumers are showing clear signs of restraint in their spending habits, with the latest Barclays Consumer Spending Report for July 2025 pointing to a slowdown in fast food and takeaway purchases. Overall spending in the eating and drinking category increased by just 0.…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Food #consumerbehaviour #discretionaryspending #fastfood #spendinghabits
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2241355/rising-food-bills-put-takeaways-on-hold/

#Trump is set to propose $163 billion in cuts to non-defense #DiscretionarySpending for the 2026 fiscal year in what's known as a "skinny budget" Friday.

The cuts are for spending #Congress authorizes each year—which does not include spending on safety nets like #Medicare, #Medicaid & #SocialSecurity.

The cuts…represent a 22.6% cut in projected #spending for the current fiscal year [as if costs weren’t going up]. They were confirmed by the White House #OMB….

#USpol
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/02/nx-s1-5384318/trump-budget-cuts