Finance
‘I earn £126,000 – but nothing’s left at the end of the month’: readers react to the budget
From a young chef and a single father to business owners and a pensioner, Guardian readers reveal how John Healey’s meas...
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Technology
Can curry nights and canny advisers help Healey deliver a budget for everyday people?
The chancellor has promised ‘breathing space’ for households and small businesses but global events cannot be ignored
Technology
UK consumer confidence falls at fastest rate since Covid as cost of living bites
Economic fallout from war in Middle East adds to pressures on consumers and on chancellor before budget
Technology
Sainsbury’s expects challenging run-up to Christmas as households feel squeeze
Supermarket urges government not to ‘further aggravate’ pressure on costs for businesses in next week’s budget
Technology
‘If voters aren’t better off by the next election, we’re screwed’: Labour insiders voice fears over budget
Some say party risks ‘looking twee’ by focusing on small fixes amid growing nervousness that budget lacks ambition
World
From idealists to struggling sceptics: how Labour’s majority depends on five progressive voter types – in charts
Analysis reveals groups with sharply contrasting priorities – and who has drifted the most from Labour towards Greens an...
Technology
‘Half my day’s pay goes to filling up my car now’: diesel crisis ripples across Britain
Small traders and drivers bear the brunt of a refining shortage taking UK diesel towards £2 a litre as wars wipe out abo...