Damaging events could knock finances off course, says Treasury’s independent forecaster as it downgrades growth outlook

Chancellor to unveil series of tax hikes to fill black hole in public finances in highly anticipated Budget on Wednesday

Chancellor to set out tax and spending plans shaped by weak productivity, high borrowing costs and cost of living crisis

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as the City braces for the budget

Chancellor to deliver fiscal statement, billed as decisive moment for fate of Starmer government, at 12.30pm

Chancellor to deliver fiscal statement, billed as decisive moment for fate of Starmer government, at 12.30pm

Damaging events could knock finances off course, says Treasury’s independent forecaster as it downgrades growth outlook

Chancellor tried a different approach to this budget, revealing all her plans and causing chaos before she even delivered it

Chancellor defends budget and insists she will grow the economy and continue to defy forecasts

The fiscal watchdog said the chancellor knew about its revised prediction well before she changed course to raise taxes

The Conservatives say she was overly gloomy about the public finances as a "smokescreen" to raise tax.