Reeves' plan is to get things moving by backing big building and transport projects, making it easier to get planning ...

And the government will be doing its utmost to persuade the OBR not to revise those forecasts down – which would only make the UK's fiscal position worse. We suspect the government will have to ...

Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, admitted the figures were "disappointing" after the government's pledge to grow the economy, but she defended the budget, saying "we have put in place policies to ...