UK mothers earned £4.44 less an hour than fathers in 2023, finds analysis

‘Motherhood penalty’ appears to be worsening, with pay gap for median hourly pay growing by 93p an hour since 2020

‘Impossible numbers’: where could Jeremy Hunt’s budget cuts fall?

‘Unprotected’ departments face a 13% real-terms cut – although it may never actually be implemented

Economists say making the policy an election pledge could cost £40bn, which is badly needed for health, education and elsewhere

Editorial: Jeremy Hunt’s NIC cuts risk weakening the moral foundation on which Britain’s taxation system still relies

Exclusive: Officials fear government is ill-prepared for lobbying from wealth advisory industry after taxation overhaul

Jeremy Hunt offered ‘nothing for working people’, say Conservative Democratic Organisation members

The chancellor’s 2p cut in workers’ contributions has prompted suggestions the payments could be axed. What would that mean for you and your money?

Toughest outlook for public finances for 80 years means next government must find tens of billions in cuts or tax rises, says leading thinktank

Household incomes on course to fall despite national insurance cuts in budget, says Resolution Foundation

Labour says chancellor’s ambition to eventually abolish NI would cost £46bn a year, and party questions how move would be paid for

Office for Budget Responsibility says national insurance and tax cuts will be paid for by average £8bn-a-year borrowing to 2028-29

NI cut of 2p announced, along with new tax on vapes, end of tax relief for holiday lettings and more cash for NHS IT system

Chancellor’s £10bn national insurance cut funded by scrapping ‘non-dom’ tax breaks is final major economic intervention before election

Use our interactive tool to see how you have been affected by the chancellor’s tax and spending announcements

Labour’s Angela Rayner and Rachel Reeves were used as punchlines in the chancellor’s sometimes obscure jokes