New Chancellor John Healey has been urged to focus on economic growth by financial experts.

The conflict in the Middle East has been blamed for a fall in UK GDP in April by 0.1%.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves will today make her Spring Forecast in response to the latest economic figures published by the Office for Budget Responsibility.

CPI inflation dipped to 2.8% in February in a boost for the Chancellor who will today present her Spring Statement in the commons.

Full text of Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Budget speech to House of Commons on 30 October 2024. This is the text of the speech as published by the Treasury, some minor changes to actual deliver may have been made and some political comments have been redacted by the Treasury.