Depends how much play there is in the front bushes. Mot failures on that list is pretty much all of them, depending how bad they are. It would be a false economy not to do front discs, inner CV joint, and wishbones at the same time as these are all pretty much connected to each other.
If doing the jobs yourself, as fracturedbuthole says invest in tools like breaker bar, balljoint splitter, caliper wind back tool (although not essential on front calipers but needed on rear calipers.
Have a look on autodoc for prices, I wouldn't bother with genuine Volvo stuff as long as you go for good quality brands. Volvo/ford bushes only seem to last about 50k or so. You can get brembo discs and pads for around £70-80 , front wishbones about £50 each, CV boot £10-20 so if you have a mechanic that'll do those jobs for a couple of hundred then it's within your budget without Getty Ng your hands dirty.
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