Chancellor giving interviews as UK economy shrinks by 0.3% as she faces questions over whether taxes might have to rise in the autumn

Rachel Reeves has admitted “not enough” working people are feeling better off under Labour.

The Chancellor will set out her spending plans just as new figures show unemployment is up and hiring has slumped

Rachel Reeves is set to unveil billions of pounds in public funding in today’s eagerly-anticipated spending review.

Chancellor will reveal how the government plans to spend almost £1.4tr in 2026-27, rising to almost £1.5tr in 2028-29

Unveiling the Spending Review in the Commons, Chancellor Rachel Reeves claimed she is 'renewing Britain'.

Rachel Reeves is delivering her spending update – here are the main points

Chancellor pledges to end spending on asylum hotels in four years, as she contrasts Labour investment with Conservatives’ austerity

Chancellor accused of unveiling a spending review which had been ‘full off numbers, few of them useful’

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.

GDP was down 0.3 per cent in April, worse than analysts had expected, and raising more questions about the realism of the Chancellor's splurge on services.

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

Chancellor giving interviews as UK economy shrinks by 0.3% as she faces questions over whether taxes might have to rise in the autumn

The chancellor has defended the plans set out in the spending review after the economy contracted 0.3 per cent in April

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.