The date for the budget will be confirmed today – so Sam and Anne look at the options for Rachel Reeves’ diary with a backdrop of more market jitters.
They also go over the ways she could plug the hole in the public finances – estimated to be between £20-£50 billion -while still meeting her fiscal rules.
But why isn’t the government saying more about the tricky decisions ahead?
There are more scraps from Monday’s government reshuffle – with a name of someone who apparently turned down a role.
As well as from the first PMQs after summer, Keir Starmer will meet with the leader of Spain, Sánchez , at Downing Street and new Green leader Zack Polanski gets to work.
