Starmer leads fightback as budget row rumbles on for Reeves The prime minister is keen to change the conversation after the Tories called his chancellor’s ethics into question
Your Party is voted to be called … Your Party, Jeremy Corbyn announces – UK politics as it happened Former Labour leader announces official name at conference in Liverpool after vote by members
The ‘squeezed middle’ is back – and this time it could be Labour’s undoing Last week’s budget left middle-income families anxious and angry. The party is turning its back on voters it can little afford to lose, says Guardian columnist John Harris
Radical Reeves? The chancellor’s mansion tax is a small but brave step forward The high-value council tax surcharge may only raise £400m but it’s the best opportunity for a bigger, fairer tax on wealth
Britain’s wealthy must shoulder burden of rebuilding ‘creaky’ public services, Rachel Reeves says Exclusive: Chancellor says she made ‘fair and necessary choices’ in budget, and was unwilling to make cuts
No 10 dismisses claim that OBR revelations show Reeves misled public about need for tax rises in budget – UK politics live Downing Street brushes off claims that the chancellor misled voters about the state of the public finances ahead of the budget
OBR challenges claims Reeves dropped income tax rise due to rosier forecasts Official forecaster’s chair says chancellor knew about revised predictions well before her budget change of heart
‘Mortified’ OBR chair hopes inquiry into budget leak will report next week Reuters news agency says it obtained document after visiting URL it predicted file would be uploaded to
Government to ditch day-one unfair dismissal policy from workers’ rights bill Flagship Labour plan to be replaced with six-month threshold after Peter Kyle vows to not let businesses ‘lose’ under new law
The chancellor’s growth mission is missing in action Businesses grumble about lack of ambition and urgency as Rachel Reeves continues to shy away from meaningful tax reform
Ministers face calls to explain how £6bn Send funding hole will be paid for Bridget Phillipson tells MPs that Send costs in England will not fall on core schools funding but on government budget
Starmer says budget did not break manifesto tax pledge – as it happened PM says: ‘We kept to our manifesto in terms of what we’ve promised. But I accept the challenge that we’ve asked everybody to contribute’
‘It was just … meh’: the voters who feel ‘tinkering’ budget let them down Research group More in Common spoke to former ‘blue wall’ constituents unimpressed by ‘chaotic’ U-turns
Freeze on student loan repayment threshold could leave graduates struggling, NUS warns Graduates in relatively low-paid jobs earning close to minimum wage will have to repay ‘more, much sooner’
Keir Starmer says Labour ‘kept to our manifesto’ over budget tax rises PM seeks to rebuff claims government broke its promises while conceding budget ‘asked everybody to contribute’