Rachel Reeves’ budget is like a long car journey, without a Fruit-tella in sight

The chancellor’s first budget: It’s been a long bumpy ride and we’re not even there yet. Photograph: Imageplotter/Alamy

And still there’s another 10 days to go. After 15 bumpy weeks, will this budget ever come? The nation remains in the back of chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Ford Mondeo, moaning: “Are we there yet?”

“No – not yet, have another Fruit-tella,” snaps Reeves.