Rachel Reeves defended her tax rising budget, which raised the tax burden by £26billion, to improve schools, hospitals and infrastructure, and declined to rule out a future hike.

Ministers were relieved that Labour MPs welcomed the Budget but have more work to do to get their backbenchers fully on side ...

The ongoing backlash against the chancellor over accusations she misled the public on the nation's economy dominates Sunday's papers.

Thus, he and Rachel Reeves yielded hostage after hostage to fortune, and they are now paying the ransom. There was the drafting of the manifesto. The wording of the section on tax was a mess. It said ...

It was supposed to be the week that ended months of uncertainty. But Rachel Reeves has finished Budget week with more ...