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Supermassive black hole: how big is the fiscal challenge facing Rachel Reeves?
A number of figures supposedly showing the size of the ‘black hole’ in the government’s spending plans have been circulating ahead of the Autumn Budget. We take a look at …
Budget 2024: Is Labour right to claim there’s a £22 billion ‘black hole’ in the public finances?
It’s been a key government claim since the election - but what does it actually mean? Ahead of the 2024 Autumn Budget, we take a closer look.
Conservative leadership speeches: fact checked
Conservative leadership candidates Kemi Badenoch, James Cleverly, Robert Jenrick and Tom Tugendhat set out their stalls in a series of speeches at the 2024 Conservative party conference.