The Chancellor is expected to announce deeper than expected cuts in her Spring Statement on Wednesday after she was forced to borrow an extra £20 billion over the first 11 months of the fiscal year
Rachel Reeves faces pressure to save her job as Labour MPs express concern over her £15 billion state spending cut plan. With flatlining growth and increased borrowing, she may need to make deeper cuts, raise taxes, or adjust fiscal rules. While Reeves pledges fiscal responsibility and avoids tax increases, she faces criticism for potential austerity measures and conflicting polling data on public preferences for spending cuts versus tax increases. Other news included a free concert, an ex KGB agent, knife attacks, reactions to a tv show, vaping on a train, cruise ship life, a celebrity relationship, the Gaza death toll, and the impact of online content on boys.
