Budget 2026: Builders and business to do best from budget as ministers fear backlash from working families
By Mary Regan, Fionnán Sheahan, Conál Thomas And Kevin Doyle
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Builders and businesses are set to be the big winners in Budget 2026.
There will be measures to reduce student costs and an increase to the old-age pension – but ministers fear a backlash from working families who may feel they are the ones being short-changed.