Time and again the Tories’ ship of fools takes us for … fools
From Liz and Kamikwazi to Rish! on NHS pay, it’s more Britannia unhinged than unchained
Further strikes suspended as NHS workers offered new pay deal – as it happened
Unions recommend members accept pay offer
Jeremy Hunt’s budget is a tough sell – except to the top 1%
Pensions tax-break for very wealthy contrasts badly with huge increases faced by basic and higher rate taxpayers
Budget: UK on track for ‘disastrous decade’ of income stagnation
Thinktank says taxes as share of GDP are on course to reach 70-year high but public services are being cut
Jeremy Hunt is helping rich instead of helping people into work, says thinktank
IFS says budget pensions giveaway could open up loophole for avoidance of inheritance tax
Budget 2023: Jeremy Hunt announces changes to childcare, pensions and disability benefits – as it happened
Chancellor abolishes lifetime cap on amount workers can save in pensions without paying tax
UK economy will take more than a year to recover to pre-Covid level, says OBR
Jeremy Hunt’s efforts to boost growth unlikely to prevent largest fall in living standards on record
Budget 2023: Hunt overhauls pensions, benefits and childcare in push for growth
Chancellor pledges cash for businesses and parents, and says UK will avoid recession this year
Wednesday briefing: The chancellor has an unexpected windfall – how will he use it in today’s budget?
In today’s newsletter: His autumn statement was all about repairing the damage of the Truss government. What will Jeremy Hunt’s first budget entail?
From pensions to pools: what to expect from Hunt’s spring budget
Biggest change to welfare system in a decade and extension of energy price guarantee among expected measures
Five charts that will shape Jeremy Hunt’s budget
From cooling inflation to easing staff shortages, we look at the factors behind the chancellor’s spending choices
The Tories could raise billions in this budget and not spook the markets – but they haven’t got the guts
Rational reforms of our wildly unjust tax system could harvest huge sums, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
Tech hubs near England’s universities to benefit from almost £1bn in extra funding
Chancellor will pledge in budget to create 12 investment zones in eight areas ‘to drive business investment’
Sunak: we can lure foreign firms even with corporation tax rise
PM to press ahead with planned increase from 19% to 25% despite some Tory MPs’ hostility
The Guardian view on corporate greed: it’s causing inflation
Editorial: Unite’s claim that firms are profiteering on the back of a crisis hitting workers is hard to dismiss