In a blow that makes a mockery of the Chancellor's claim to have 'fixed the foundations' of the economy, official figures showed a quarter of a million jobs have gone since her Budget last year.

Employment data shows biggest slump in five years on the eve of Chancellor’s funding allocation

In a blow that makes a mockery of the Chancellor's claim to have 'fixed the foundations' of the economy, official figures showed a quarter of a million jobs have gone since her…

Britain’s economy shrank at the start of the second quarter, official figures show, in a blow for the Chancellor just a day after her spending review.

The cut to GDP figures come as a blow to Rachel Reeves in her mission to grow the UK economy

The Office for National Statistics said gross domestic product shrank by 0.3 per cent in April - the worst monthly performance for a year and a half.