The chancellor, on the morning-after media round, just scraped a no-score draw despite a pervasive sense of unkept promises

Editorial: The party has gone too far down the path of Eurosceptic delusion to have a rational debate about its legacy

 

Independent Schools Council says its focus is on children and it is concerned about impact on specialist schools

We’re keen to hear how owners of small and medium-sized UK businesses feel about the chancellor’s maiden budget, and how they will be affected

 

Campaigners say car park extension at Manningtree station inhibits access to Dedham Vale and threatens habitats

 

Politicians have always courted the wealthy, but Elon Musk and co represent a new kind of donor, and an unprecedented danger to democracy, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

Increase in employers’ national insurance contributions will affect businesses but is projected to raise £25bn

Chancellor has been appearing on TV and radio defending her budget

Rare intervention comes as Resolution Foundation says UK will remain ‘stagnation nation’ despite push to invest

UK government offers undisclosed sum in compensation to Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah for daughter’s untimely death

 

The good news: more money is on the table. The problems lie around how it will be raised – and who doesn’t stand to benefit, says the Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian’s special correspondent Heather Stewart analyses Labour’s first budget in government for more than 14 years

 

 

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 ...