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The Office for Budget Responsibility’s extreme conservatism means it has woefully underestimated the impact of Labour’s public spending plans

Rachel Reeves’s spending plans signal a welcome break with the past and underline the scale of the challenges facing Britain

The Labour chancellor unveiled lots of plans for long-term investment. But there is plenty of lively debate about the immediate impact

The error may have contributed to the market jitters that were seen in the wake of the Budget

ANALYSIS : Ignore the comparisons, writes Howard Mustoe – any suggestions that market concerns over Rachel Reeves’s Budget bear any similarity to the chaos that followed Liz Truss’s economic disaster are wide of the mark

The government is operating in an unforgiving time and lacks capital with voters. It will be crucial to address that, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

Warning comes after Rachel Reeves’s record tax-raising budget sent tremors through financial markets

Labour said it would bring taxation of performance-related pay in the industry in line with others – but the chancellor had a change of heart

Chancellor Rachel Reeves insisted she had no alternative but to raise taxes in her first Budget.

Perhaps the most important long-term change announced in the first Labour budget are the new rules the government has set itself to fund the expansion of public services and increase public investment. These fiscal rules, which set out how much the government can borrow and spend, are seen as critical…

Unless the chancellor’s capital spending increases stimulate private investment, expect more tax rises ahead