"We are the sixth richest economy in the world. There are other ways to pay for this black hole and they cannot, they must not, do so by picking the pockets of pensioners.” Sharon Graham's U-turn call on cut to winter fuel payments. Unite the union: join a union mirror.co.uk/money/losing-w…

Graham Hiscott Graham Hiscott · 1s Sir Elton John confirmed as the entertainment for tonight's glitzy event at the end of today's international investment summit, put on by the government.

Spending and taxing. Forget the rest. the Mirror's live Budget coverage is the best. Here's our running blog on Chancellor Rachel Reeves' first Labour Budget for 14 years. mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

Updated forecasts from Office for Budget Responsibility have inflation averaging 2.5% this year, then 2.6% next year falling to 2% in 2029. It also forecasts economic growth of 1.1% this year, rising to 2% next year, but easing to 1.5% in 2027 and 2028 and 1.6% in 2029. #Budget24

As expected, Rachel Reeves tackles Carers Allowance - currently just £81.90 a week - by increasing the amount recipients can earn before it is withdrawn, to £10,000 a year. #Budget24

Confirmed: fuel duty will be frozen AGAIN and temporary 5p a litre cut maintained for another year. That's a £3bn cost. #Budget24

Biggest announcement yet in #Budget24 as Rachel Reeves ups employers' national insurance to 15% and slashes threshold at which it is paid from £9,100 to £5,000. Will rake in a whopping £25billion but will go down like a lead balloon with firms.

Mixed blessing for thousands of pubs and hospitality firms as Chancellor announces 40% business rate relief from April, but many have been getting 75% discount. So bill hike still on the way, combined with higher wage bill.

The fear has got to be that the very welcome 1p off draught beer will be lost in pubs upping prices to cover higher wages. #Budget24

This is so, so important, and very welcome. Rachel Reeves announces £1billion of extra funding for Special Educational Needs or Disability (SEND) in schools. There is huge demand yet huge funding gap, so this money is vital. #Budget24

Freezing fuel duty since 2010 has cost the Treasury/saved motorists a whopping £100billion, the Office for Budget Responsibility says. #Budget24

Budget 2024: Mortgage borrowers warned rates could take longer to fall in the wake of the Budget mirror.co.uk/money/budget-2…

"Has McDonald's become a predators' paradise?", Liam Byrne MP puts it to Alistair Macrow, UK boss of the fast food chain, after fresh allegations of harassment, including claims of "sex for shifts" by a 17-year worker about a shift manager.

Friday's front page: Southport horror #TomorrowsPapersToday mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/b…

Keir Starmer backs Mirror campaign to save Britain's pubs - and says he still goes back to his local mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

M&S boss reveals exact cause of cyber attack and says chain was 'unlucky' mirror.co.uk/money/ms-boss-…

High street legend set to return 13 years after all stores were shut for good mirror.co.uk/money/high-str…

High street legend set to return 13 years after all stores were shut for good mirror.co.uk/money/high-str…