Editorial: The budget favours increased public spending and taxation, contrasting with Tory austerity. However, there were missed opportunities to address poverty and inequality

Rachel Reeves has finally laid out Labour’s spending plans in the party’s first budget in almost fifteen years. The Guardian’s John Harris is joined by political editor Pippa Crerar and political correspondent Kiran Stacey to discuss t ...

The call for justice is not going away. Rather than ignore it, Labour should be entering the conversation – and shaping it, says academic Kojo Koram

What’s the point of preserving masterpieces for a future being destroyed by fossil fuel companies? says Margaret Reid, Just Stop Oil activist and former museum professional

Neil O’Brien’s simplistic plan isn’t really about antisocial behaviour. It’s a litany of rightwing gripes aimed at human rights, says writer and broadcaster Anne Perkins

 

Editorial: The Tory leader will step down this week after making history but failing to understand the mood of the times

Former SNP leader and first minister ‘restored pride in our nation’, says acting Alba head in eulogy

Chancellor calls increase to £12.21 an hour a ‘significant step’, with 18- to 20-year-olds in line for a 16% increase

 

10-year gilt yields have risen in the past month but are within the range of other pre-budget periods

Exclusive: ‘Horrendous’ MoJ figures show some prisoners given indeterminate sentences in England and Wales before 2008 still behind bars

 

 

The mood music matters as much as the numbers, particularly since so few Britons understand how taxes actually work, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Speakers at event call for commitment to a two-state solution and urge Labour government to do more

The country grew rich from slavery, but those who directly benefited the most – and still do – were wealthy. They exploited everyone, says author and broadcaster Nels Abbey

Private schools are expected to begin paying 20% duty but EU diplomats want international institutions to be exempt

 

Whether it is online intimidation, journalists imprisoned abroad or the cynical use of Slapp lawsuits, we will fight any threats to those who hold the powerful to account, writes the prime minister Keir Starmer