Everything is great, nothing to see here, Rachel Reeves tells MPs

Chancellor delivers a spring statement strong on wishful thinking and light on compassion for those hit by cuts

Rachel Reeves does reasonable job of justifying fiscal prudence but welfare cuts cast shadow

Chancellor was able to point to glimmers of hope in spring statement despite economic growth forecasts being slashed

Odds of Bank of England interest rate cut strengthen as inflation falls to 2.8%

Bigger-than-forecast decline in annual rate in February is positive news for Rachel Reeves

Chances of May interest rate cut rise after UK inflation falls to 2.8% – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as pound dips after February’s inflation report

Spring statement: Reeves blames ‘global uncertainty’ for deeper spending cuts

Chancellor says tougher measures required to plug fiscal hole after Treasury watchdog halves 2025 growth forecast

Spring statement 2025: key points at a glance

Rachel Reeves has delivered her economic update – here are the main points, with political analysis

Late data from one business means UK wage growth may need to be revised, says ONS

Caveat from statistics agency is latest sign of its problems collecting reliable economic data

Tackling climate crisis will increase economic growth, OECD research finds

Third of global GDP could be lost this century if climate crisis runs unchecked, says report

Five economic factors that will govern Rachel Reeves’s spring statement

The chancellor will deliver her spring statement on Wednesday, warning of tough spending cuts amid rising government borrowing costs

Good morning Britain – prepare to be told yet again that decline is all you deserve

It’s Groundhog Day: the party may change but even under Labour, the script remains stubbornly the same, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

What to expect from Rachel Reeves’s (brief) spring statement

Talk of tough choices ahead, an increase in debt financing, and more initiatives to promote growth

Only 21% of Britons believe Labour’s claim it’s not returning to austerity, poll suggests – as it happened

More in Common UK, a campaign group working for community cohesion, has published some detailed polling on attitudes to the economy

Lower Thames Crossing approval welcomed (and criticised); Heathrow Airport fire ‘not criminal matter’, police say – business live

Tunnel to connect A2 and M2 in Kent to the A13 and M25 in Essex has been approved, while Met police say Hayes substation fire is not suspicious

Globalisation may have run its course in current form, says HSBC chair

Trade tensions in era of Trump tariffs create serious potential risk to global growth, warns Sir Mark Tucker

Chalmers confident Australian economy has ‘turned the corner’ in battle against inflation

Forecasts show underlying inflation within Reserve Bank’s 2%-3% target range six months earlier than expected in prediction that will add to calls for another interest rate cut