The UK's economic prospects are better than expected, but the forecasts are precarious and could easily be derailed.

Statement is "not a Budget", but the chancellor is facing major tax and spending challenges.

The story of this Spring Statement is that welfare has been cut back to make up for a notable rise in the cost of servicing the national debt. There is also a trim to the money being given to ...

The bottom line is that around a million claimants with a range of less severe problems will lose thousands of pounds from ...