Will Rachel Reeves’s rules on debt and spending survive the budget?

Somehow Rachel Reeves must improve public services and invest in economic growth while also balancing the books. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Change*. If Labour’s one-word campaign slogan had an asterisk, it would have directed voters to Rachel Reeves’s budget.

Later this month the chancellor will attempt to walk the line between repairing Britain’s battered public realm, while sticking to a manifesto promise to balance the books without raising taxes on working people.