Rishi Sunak has delayed the government's much-anticipated fiscal statement - which is expected to unleash a new wave of Tory austerity - until next month in one of his first decisions as PM.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt had been set to announce his financial plan on Monday - which is also Halloween - amid warnings of devastating public service cuts.
But today the new Cabinet, meeting for the first time, was told this has been pushed back to November 17 and upgraded to a full autumn statement - the most important Treasury event outside a Budget.
