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Spending watchdog admits Sunak based cut-heavy spending review on forecasts formulated before trial results were in

Freezing public sector pay increases and cut to foreign aid dominate headlines

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Monday 23 November

Chancellor pledge post-pandemic infrastructure investment following demands from angry backbenchers

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Friday 6 November

Boris Johnson planning for restrictions as Rishi Sunak leads calls to protect the economy

Former BBC journalist to front US-style daily updates at Downing Street

Ministers divided over Covid response as cases continue to increase

Boris Johnson plans for bright future as Rishi Sunak hints at looming austerity

Dozens of Conservative MPs expected to vote against ‘absurd’ early closing times for pubs and restaurants

Leaked emails from health expert call on Downing Street to explain harsher rules for deprived areas

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Thursday 1 October

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Tuesday 29 September

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Friday 25 September

Foreign secretary warns that stronger restrictions are still in government’s ‘arsenal’

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Monday 21 September

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is under pressure to follow lead of nations such as Germany to support workers

The popular chancellor is tipped as a future leader but may need to learn the art of political survival in meantime

Conservative MPs claim planned hikes will ‘strangle’ economy as debt rockets

Restaurant and pub diners have tucked into 64 million discounted meals in three weeks

Experts say keeping wage subsidy programme ‘might have paid for itself’ by preventing redundancies

IFS says chancellor’s spin on recycled cash is ‘corrosive to public trust’

Tory MPs expected to resist efforts to raise taxes to pay off coronavirus debt

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Friday 10 July

Calls for public inquiry mounting as Treasury also reveals £15bn bill for PPE

Chancellor slashes stamp duty and VAT as total bill for coronavirus relief soars above annual health spend

Chancellor also expected to announce stamp duty ‘holiday’ and VAT cut in bid to boost post-lockdown economy

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Monday 6 July

Industry applauds rescue package - but critics say the funding may come too late for many institutions

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Friday 19 June

Chancellor Rishi Sunak leading push by MPs for imminent hospitality industry relaunch

Government lining up ambitious European-style investment plan to bailout businesses and project jobs

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Tuesday 26 May