Spending review is a chance for Reeves to paint a more positive picture

Labour has so far struggled to explain its purpose and the need to do so will be all the more pressing if it raises taxes again

NHS to get £30bn boost over three years at expense of other services

Policing and local councils among areas facing real-terms cuts in the spending review on Wednesday

Former PM accuses Mel Stride of being ‘creature of system’ after his formal repudiation of 2022 unfunded tax cuts

Housing associations want chancellor to class social housing as critical infrastructure to allow for extra spending

Shadow chancellor accepts Truss’s mini-budget badly damaged party in clearest repudiation yet of ex-PM

Editorial: The chancellor is right to be planning for the long term, but voters won’t be patient if change isn’t felt soon

Prime minister’s comments come after White House signals Britain will be spared 50% steel and aluminium tariffs

Focus on capital spending in northern cities and Midlands is recognition Labour needs better economic story for voters

Ahead of next week’s statement, the chancellor is to announcing transport investments outside London

Can troubled UK utilities company find any willing suitors after KKR’s 11th-hour abandonment of £4bn bid?

Reserve Bank vetoed a 50 basis point cut in cash rate last month, but is willing to take such action if global economy demands it

Exclusive: Chancellor urged to increase funding as study suggests government has overestimated its housebuilding figures for England

Government argues investment creates skilled jobs, but others say spending elsewhere would have more impact

Nigel Farage claimed last week to speak for the working class but he is still firmly wedded to the rightwing playbook

Exclusive: Ex-minister to call for wealth tax, and Andy Burnham to demand focus on housing and education