Government departments are told to come up with proposals for savings of up to six per cent from their day-to-day budgets in 2019-20

NHS trusts have reported a deficit of £886m in the first nine months of the financial year and are likely to miss their overspend target, figures show.

If the Tories aren’t playing by the rules, why should Labour accept the cuts devolved to their local authorities? Especially when it has been proven that cuts to Labour councils are up to five times higher than to councils controlled by the Conservatives

Welfare cuts will pummel the incomes of some of the most vulnerable households, and almost certainly push up inequality. Cuts to Whitehall departments are inevitably going to erode the quality of public services; some will be stretched beyond breaking point

To convince the public she really wants a ‘shared society’, the vicar’s daughter in No 10 will need to show she is a true believer in the NHS which embodies it

Research by LSE economist accused of 'letting austerity off the hook'

Figures show 446 urgent operations cancelled in month of November 

Thousands of people attended East London Mosque to donate and collect food supplies following Friday prayers

Figures show 48 councils have seen at least one company which cares for the elderly forced to close in the last six months

It will take Big Money to steer Britain through this rocky period. Instead, Chancellor Hammond has promised to continue slashing the very departmental expenditure essential to smooth the path. We must conclude that he does not wish to invest in a safe Brexit at all

The Tories’ gleeful announcement that unemployment is at an 11-year low might sound impressive, if the reasons for it weren't because job centres are encouraged to use 'the hassle factor' to stop people claiming Jobseekers' Allowance, meaning they'll no longer count as officially unemployed

Health managers have been told not to reveal the plans to the public or the media

This partnership was always going to be different from David Cameron’s close pairing with George Osborne. May and Hammond have been thrown together by events, and she will know the fine print of the Autumn Statement well before the Chancellor delivers it

'More and more children are being left behind in poverty, missing out on the childhoods and life chances other kids take for granted'

All her political life, the SNP leader has brandished the narrow nationalism of separation from the union of the European offshore nations on the western edge of the continent

Global fiscal policy is shifting. In the US it looks likely that the next administration will follow a more active policy, while the Italian Prime Minister has promised tax cuts in his budget next month