Labour looks less likely to meet its manifesto pledge to equalise the minimum wage for younger workers before the next election, after the chancellor failed to guarantee the rise would happen within that timeframe.(财政大臣未能保证在期限内上调工资，工党看来更难兑现其宣言承诺。)
在财政大臣未能保证会在这一时间范围内完成上调之后，工党看来更难兑现其宣言承诺，即在下一届大选前让年轻劳动者的最低工资与成人持平。
John Healey said on Sunday his party was “prepared to take hard decisions(作出艰难决定) about the priorities in government”, including possible spending cuts(开支削减).
约翰·希利周日表示，他所在的政党“准备就政府的优先事项作出艰难决定”，其中可能包括削减开支。
His comments came as a former adviser to Andy Burnham, the economist Andy Haldane, warned that UK public finances were in a perilous state and the government was “on a precipice” of a Liz Truss-style meltdown.(他发表言论之际，经济学家安迪·霍尔丹警告英国公共财政岌岌可危，政府正处在特拉斯式崩盘的悬崖边缘。)
他发表上述言论之际，安迪·伯纳姆的前顾问、经济学家安迪·霍尔丹警告说，英国公共财政状况岌岌可危，政府正“处在悬崖边缘”，有可能重演利兹·特拉斯式的崩盘。