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Editorial: About a third of children were living in deprivation even before this week’s benefit cuts. This appalling situation can’t go on

With the chancellor announcing around £4.8 billion of cuts to welfare spending over the next five years, Alicja Hagopian looks at whether the UK is returning to the austerity policies of ther 2010s

Ryan Swanepoel was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy at the age of 20 and uses a wheelchair after losing mobility in his arms and legs.

The spending watchdog’s says it was not provided with an analysis of how the reforms could boost employment

Letters: Readers express their dismay at Rachel Reeves’s spring statement, with some lifelong party members feeling no longer able to support it

Much has been said about UK chancellor Rachel Reeves’ self-imposed fiscal rules, and her repeated assertion – which she included in the spring statement – that they are “non-negotiable”. Of course, this is true if you’re not prepared to listen to alternatives, but in the real world there is no…

The Prime Minister said he would not ‘write future budgets’ ahead of time.

Chancellor may have to reconsider pledge not to raise taxes in light of ‘risky and changing world’, thinktank says

It was a morning from hell for the chancellor. After the spring statement and Trump’s overnight tariffs, time for a kicking

A minister has refused to rule out giving tech giants a tax break in a bid to exempt Britain from US tariffs – after Donald Trump announced new…

It’s true that too few homes are being built in London but without making it easier to buy too, developers will never build at scale