The chancellor should begin moving the country to a more dynamic fiscal framework
FT exclusive: Chancellor seeks to reassure investors that ‘guardrails’ will be placed around extra borrowing for investment
Breaking Labour’s commitments would be a bad thing to do but failure to improve the UK’s condition could be even worse
Rachel Reeves is looking at loosening fiscal rules to allow her to increase borrowing to pay for investment
Current rules hem the chancellor in — this Budget can make a start on ways to attract and measure investment
Markets on edge ahead of overhaul of fiscal rules that could result in tens of billions of pounds of extra borrowing capacity
Doctors, teachers and police have slipped down the earnings distribution since 2007
Prime minister hints he backs changes to Treasury fiscal rules to boost investment
Chancellor appears to be rethinking government’s fiscal approach to create more room for spending
Public debt hits 100% of GDP in August as chancellor prepares for first Budget
Chancellor is exploring tinkering with Bank of England bond accounting
Demographic pressures and the costs of climate change will weigh on the public finances, says OBR
Chancellor and BoE governor to hold meeting with bosses of leading lenders
About a dozen Labour MPs are believed to have abstained in protest
Departments set to reject chancellor’s demands as ‘just not possible’ and ask for more money instead
UK chancellor may redefine debt in October Budget
Simon Case points out lack of new spending review to replan departmental budgets
Labour minister had warned of the ‘economy crashing’ without immediate cuts
Figure of £3.1bn highlights challenge for Labour government
Gifts to reduce national debt rose to £700,000 in 2023-24
Increase to 10.4% of GDP highlights vulnerability of country’s finances to moves in global oil market
Chancellor declines to rule out reclassifying how debt is measured ahead of visit to US and Canada to drive investment
Recriminations fly after Reeves’s claim of £22bn black hole
Treasury acknowledges announcements will only go part of the way towards clamping down on 2024-25 overspend
Growth measures should not be sacrificed to plug ‘black hole’ in public finances
