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OBR has reportedly downgraded predictions after review that blames lack of investment under Tories

Kemi Badenoch said Kevin Hollinrake’s response to a Reform UK emblem was intended as a joke.

All-party group say move is needed to stop UK lagging behind global standards on election integrity

Let’s put aside the schooldays accusations and look, instead, at the Reform leader’s path since then. I think a pretty clear picture of the man emerges, says author and podcaster Musa Okwonga

Two leading journalists from both sides of the border warn against another ‘vague, thumbs up-thumbs down’ vote

Move aims to bring in extra £1.2bn of savings as government seeks to head off criticism over welfare spending

She is expected to say the Employment Rights Bill is ‘the single most complained-about measure’ she hears when she speaks to businesses.

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Britain deserves more than mixed messaging and policy drift. After weeks of premature proposals, the chancellor must deliver a Budget that provides the confidence and coherence so far lacking in both her stewardship and Labour’s broader economic direction

Rachel Reeves told The Times Magazine this week that she was ‘sick of people mansplaining how to be Chancellor to me’.