Reeves admits Budget will mean working people will have to ‘contribute a bit more’ - but denies breaking manifesto pledge

Chancellor admits ‘I am asking ordinary people to pay a little more’ as she unveils dozens of tax rises, but finally scraps the much-criticised two-child benefit cap

The accidental leak of details of Rachel Reeves’ Budget by the Office for Budget Responsibility before she got to her feet was one final bit of chaos for this make-or-break Budget, says political editor David Maddox

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch brands package of measures ‘a smorgasbord of misery’ and urges chancellor to resign

The chancellor is set to use her Budget to pin Labour’s hopes on tackling the cost of living while balancing the books by targeting the wealthy

The chancellor said the move would mean those on low incomes were ‘properly rewarded’ - but businesses warned the move could drive unemployment and hit economic growth

The health secretary’s intervention came on the eve of Rachel Reeves’ make-or-break budget

The chancellor took on her role wanting nothing more than economic growth, but her priorities have now dramatically changed, as political editor David Maddox explains

Dan Neidle warns Rachel Reeves against a plan to use outdated valuations to force people to pay her planned mansion tax

The Reform UK leader was accused of making racist and antisemitic comments to classmates while at Dulwich College but said he never did so ‘with intent’

Anas Sarwar issued a warning days before the chancellor delivers her make-or-break Budget - with crucial elections in Scotland in May threatening to decide Keir Starmer’s future as PM

Sir Keir and his chancellor Rachel Reeves are facing a make-or-break Budget this week, with the chancellor expected to increase taxes to plug the gaps in the public finances

The prime minister had been under pressure to intervene over the row between the White House and the BBC

With hours to go until one of the most anticipated Treasury statements in modern history, Rachel Reeves has been given disastrous warning on the economy’s outlook

Zia Yusuf has become the first senior figure in Reform to comment on the party’s former leader in Wales after he was jailed for taking money from the Kremlin

CBI director general Rain Newton-Smith will tell the chancellor that if her priority is growth, she needs to prove it or the country faces ‘Groundhog Day’