I’ve covered countless Tory mini-budgets. The cruelty of this one shocked even me

How naive I was to think that Rishi Sunak would protect the poorest from the heaviest blows of the cost of living crisis, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

UK economic recovery at risk from rising inflation and waning business confidence

Services sector growing rapidly after Covid disruption but manufacturing slips as Ukraine invasion dents optimism

Sunak says he ‘can’t do everything’ after spring statement criticism

Chancellor’s mini-budget attacked as insufficient to tackle cost of living, but he says it ‘will make a difference’

The Guardian view on Sunak’s spring statement: a big cut in living standards

Editorial: Reducing government borrowing while letting the poor go cold and hungry is not good politics or good economics

Sunak’s spring measures for poorer households look little more than hopeful

Under all likely scenarios, millions of households will still face energy bills that are unaffordable

Rishi Sunak’s sleight of hand aims to shift blame for hardship ahead

Analysis: Chancellor trying to distance deliberate political choices from declining living standards

A mini budget full of lies from Rishi Sunak, the people’s millionaire

He says he’s cutting taxes while raising them to the highest level since the 40s. Don’t tell us it’s raining, Rishi

Spring statement 2022: living standards ‘set for historic fall’, says OBR after Sunak mini budget – as it happened

Latest updates: higher inflation will lead to biggest fall in disposable income since records began in the 1950s, says Office for Budget Responsibility

Rishi Sunak emerged from the pandemic as the candidate of sincerity. But he’s as cynical as Johnson

The chancellor’s spring statement delivers austerity by stealth – and the poorest will feel the pain, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

‘A drop in the ocean’: Birmingham responds to Sunak’s mini-budget

Hodge Hill has the highest fuel poverty rate in England, and many were looking to the chancellor for a lifeline

Rishi Sunak’s spring statement 2022 – the panel verdict

How well has the chancellor responded to the cost-of-living crisis? Our panellists give their view

UK living standards ‘to fall at fastest rate since mid-1950s’

Conditions unlikely to return to pre-Covid levels until at least 2024 despite Sunak’s intervention, warns Office for Budget Responsibility

Rishi Sunak lowers fuel duty by 5p and promises income tax cut

In spring statement, chancellor raises threshold at which workers pay national insurance by £3,000

Spring statement 2022: key points at a glance

Rishi Sunak has delivered his mini-budget – here are the main points, with political analysis

Rishi Sunak to promise ‘security for working families’ in spring statement

Chancellor expected to announce fuel duty cut in package of measures to tackle cost of living crisis