Further benefits cuts planned as Rachel Reeves forced to find extra £1.6bn Chancellor risks wrath of Labour backbenchers with spring statement set to confirm deeper cuts
What to expect from Rachel Reeves’s (brief) spring statement Talk of tough choices ahead, an increase in debt financing, and more initiatives to promote growth
Rachel Reeves: For the umpteenth time, it’s not an emergency budget! WhatsApp exclusive: PM and cabinet in upbeat mood ahead of tomorrow’s eagerly anticipated emergency budget … erm, spring statement
Only 21% of Britons believe Labour’s claim it’s not returning to austerity, poll suggests – as it happened More in Common UK, a campaign group working for community cohesion, has published some detailed polling on attitudes to the economy
Lower Thames Crossing plan for Essex and Kent approved by government Heidi Alexander gives green light to controversial £9bn tunnel, Britain’s biggest single planned road-building project
B&Q owner Kingfisher urges Reeves to rethink tax rises for retailers Government accused of increasing retailers’ NI contributions and business rates but aiming to cut tax for big tech
Fiscal hawk or playing a bad hand: what kind of chancellor is Rachel Reeves? Reeves-watchers are still divided over whether her tough approach is pragmatic or the result of deeply seated beliefs
Rachel Reeves is all about growth. So why won’t she admit that Brexit is its worst enemy? Our exit from the EU won’t be a focus of the spring statement, but it should be. Most now accept the need for closer ties, writes Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
Britons cutting back on spending as confidence in economy falls, survey shows Most feel financially secure but think UK’s economy is worsening, as chancellor plans welfare cuts in spring statement
Reeves to put £2bn into affordable housing to ‘sweeten the pill’ of cuts Chancellor will announce plans to fund 18,000 social homes before fraught spring statement on Wednesday
X stands to benefit if UK pulls digital services tax in trade deal with US Prominent campaigner says Elon Musk’s platform qualifies for the levy, which is on the block in negotiations
The Guardian view on Rachel Reeves’s spending cuts: a choice, not an economic necessity Editorial: The spring statement casts austerity as unavoidable, but Labour is clinging to economic myths while ignoring the tools of power
Heathrow fire: transport secretary says she’d ‘struggle to sleep’ after report airport boss went to bed amid crisis Heidi Alexander declines to say she has confidence in Thomas Woldbye after airport chaos at the weekend
UK private sector growth rises to six-month high in boost for Rachel Reeves Services companies say order books increased for first time this year as they hope to avoid Trump tariffs
Visual analysis: How the markets boxed in Rachel Reeves The chancellor lacks room to manoeuvre before her spring statement thanks to the cost of debt interest payments