Philip Hammond will give his final and vital last Budget before Brexit later today.
The Chancellor will deliver the Budget exactly five months before the UK leaves the EU and all eyes will be on the speech following Theresa May's promises that austerity was over.
His speech will be watched even more closely than usual after Theresa May promised to loosen the purse strings, and he is expected to announced £29 billion of funding for road building.
Mental health services are also expected to receive £2 billion of funding.
When is the Budget?
It is the first Monday budget since 1962 and will take place on October 29 and start at 3.30pm.
It is later than the usual time as Parliamentary business starts later on Monday to give MPs time to travel to London from their constituencies.
Isn't the Budget meant to be on a Wednesday?
Usually, yes. But this is the first time in years it won't be delivered on a Wednesday.
The assumption at Westminster is that the Chancellor took a look at the calendar, saw the date would be October 31 and decided not to give newspapers the opportunity to greet a Hallowe'en Budget with headlines about a "Hammond Horrow" or a "Nightmare on Downing Street".
Where can I following the Budget?
The Standard will be covering the entire Budget live.
