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Rachel Reeves giving a speech at a press conference.
LIVE
Reeves refuses to rule out further cuts

The chancellor confirms worse economic outlook since budget prompted need for cuts in spring statement

Politics
4 minutes ago
Portrait of Nelson Fraser.
NEW
FRASER NELSON
Rayner effect puts a small spring in chancellor’s step
Politics
Rachel Reeves giving a fiscal forecast with Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner.
ANALYSIS
Reeves may be forced into austerity or tax rises as outlook worsens
Politics
Illustration of a woman, scales, scissors, a jet, and a stack of coins.
Nine key points you should know from the spring statement
Politics
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What the spring statement means for cash Isas, tax and mortgages
Money
Collage of three politicians debating.
NEW
Smiling through the pain, Reeves is the glass-half-full chancellor
Politics
Illustration of a woman, scales, scissors, a jet, and a stack of coins.
Nine key points you should know from the spring statement
Politics
Illustration of a woman, scales, scissors, a jet, and a stack of coins.
Nine key points you should know from the spring statement
Politics
Scattered twenty-pound British banknotes featuring Queen Elizabeth II.
What the spring statement means for cash Isas, tax and mortgages
Money
Scattered twenty-pound British banknotes featuring Queen Elizabeth II.
What the spring statement means for cash Isas, tax and mortgages
Money
Collage of three politicians debating.
NEW
Smiling through the pain, Reeves is the glass-half-full chancellor
Politics
Collage of three politicians debating.
NEW
Smiling through the pain, Reeves is the glass-half-full chancellor
Politics
Illustration of a woman, scales, scissors, a jet, and a stack of coins.
Nine key points you should know from the spring statement
Politics
Scattered twenty-pound British banknotes featuring Queen Elizabeth II.
What the spring statement means for cash Isas, tax and mortgages
Money
Collage of three politicians debating.
NEW
Smiling through the pain, Reeves is the glass-half-full chancellor
Politics
Illustration of a woman, scales, scissors, a jet, and a stack of coins.
Nine key points you should know from the spring statement
Politics
Illustration of a woman, scales, scissors, a jet, and a stack of coins.
Nine key points you should know from the spring statement
Politics
Scattered twenty-pound British banknotes featuring Queen Elizabeth II.
What the spring statement means for cash Isas, tax and mortgages
Money
Scattered twenty-pound British banknotes featuring Queen Elizabeth II.
What the spring statement means for cash Isas, tax and mortgages
Money
Collage of three politicians debating.
NEW
Smiling through the pain, Reeves is the glass-half-full chancellor
Politics
Collage of three politicians debating.
NEW
Smiling through the pain, Reeves is the glass-half-full chancellor
Politics
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National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a meeting.
US defence secretary gave updates on Houthi airstrikes on Signal
US
UPDATED
Trump says Putin may be ‘dragging his feet’ as port city attacked
Russia-Ukraine war
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PHOTOGRAPHY
News in pictures
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News in pictures
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Editor's picks

World

Collage of a child placing a flower by a teddy bear among many others, two children hugging, and a woman looking pensive.
NEW
No peace until you return our children, Ukraine tells Putin

Daria Zarivna, an adviser to President Zelensky’s chief of staff, said the return of children forcibly transferred by Russia was non-negotiable

Russia-Ukraine war
Emergency kit with canned goods, batteries, candles, toilet paper, and water.
EU urges every household to stock three-day crisis survival kit
Europe
Gerard Depardieu at his trial for sexual assault.
UPDATED
Depardieu tells court: I may be crude but I’m not a rapist
Europe
12 minutes ago
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at a press conference in Warsaw.
Europe needs to know Uncle Sam has our back, says Nato chief
Europe
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaking to the media.
NEW
Bolsonaro to stand trial over alleged coup attempt
Latin America
Palestinians protesting the Israeli blockade and war in Gaza City.
‘Hamas are partners in killing our children’
Israel-Hamas war
Apples and other fruits for sale in a grocery store.
North Korean apples sold in Russia as trade partnership tightens
Asia
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at a press conference in Warsaw.
Europe needs to know Uncle Sam has our back, says Nato chief
Europe
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaking to the media.
NEW
Bolsonaro to stand trial over alleged coup attempt
Latin America
Palestinians protesting the Israeli blockade and war in Gaza City.
‘Hamas are partners in killing our children’
Israel-Hamas war
Apples and other fruits for sale in a grocery store.
North Korean apples sold in Russia as trade partnership tightens
Asia
Emergency kit with canned goods, batteries, candles, toilet paper, and water.
EU urges every household to stock three-day crisis survival kit
Europe
Gerard Depardieu at his trial for sexual assault.
UPDATED
Depardieu tells court: I may be crude but I’m not a rapist
Europe
12 minutes ago

Comment

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JULIET SAMUELReeves discovers true meaning of austerity

Chancellor would have had more room for manoeuvre in her spring statement if George Osborne had gone about reshaping the state differently in 2010

Illustration of a man getting a tattoo that says "idiot" on his forehead.

Cartoon by Morten Morland

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JANICE TURNER | NOTEBOOKAs Ecuador shows me — migration is all relative
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ROGER BOYESBattle is hotting up for control of the Arctic
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DANIEL FINKELSTEINCovid changed everything but our politics
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ALICE THOMSONBloated civil service is ripe for Reeves’s axe
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JANICE TURNER | NOTEBOOKAs Ecuador shows me — migration is all relative14 minutes ago
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Life & Style

Couple embracing in a kitchen.
FIRST PERSON
The monogamy myth — we’re proof that open marriages are happy

New scientific research is debunking the theory that monogamous relationships are the happiest. Here, polyamorous couples reveal how it works for them

Sex & Relationships
Collage of five wine bottles and one champagne bottle.
Will LyonsSix last-minute supermarket wines to celebrate Mother’s Day
a woman in a blue shirt smiles for the camera
Carol MidgleySecond-home owners will pay double tax? I feel a flutter of schadenfreude
Collage of Gwyneth Paltrow and Meghan Markle addressing social media rumors of a feud.
HILARY ROSE
Look who’s in Gwyneth Paltrow’s kitchen —Meghan, with a pie
Celebrity
Portrait of a man and a photo of his restaurant interior.
NEW
REVIEW
GILES COREN
Mr Ji restaurant review — ‘Huge effort, wild thinking, a real thrill’
Food & Drink
Collage of a woman with four other figures: James Bond, Kanye West, and two others.
NEW
CAITLIN MORAN’S CELEBRITY WATCH
We need a new Kanye who isn’t Kanye — the Go Compare Bloke could help
Celebrity
Collage of low heels and a woman wearing jeans and a blue shirt.
The new all-day heel (as comfy as trainers, trust me)
Fashion
Collage of Gwyneth Paltrow and Meghan Markle addressing social media rumors of a feud.
HILARY ROSE
Look who’s in Gwyneth Paltrow’s kitchen —Meghan, with a pie
Celebrity
Portrait of a man and a photo of his restaurant interior.
NEW
REVIEW
GILES COREN
Mr Ji restaurant review — ‘Huge effort, wild thinking, a real thrill’
Food & Drink
Collage of a woman with four other figures: James Bond, Kanye West, and two others.
NEW
CAITLIN MORAN’S CELEBRITY WATCH
We need a new Kanye who isn’t Kanye — the Go Compare Bloke could help
Celebrity
Collage of low heels and a woman wearing jeans and a blue shirt.
The new all-day heel (as comfy as trainers, trust me)
Fashion
Collage of five wine bottles and one champagne bottle.
Will LyonsSix last-minute supermarket wines to celebrate Mother’s Day
a woman in a blue shirt smiles for the camera
Carol MidgleySecond-home owners will pay double tax? I feel a flutter of schadenfreude

Business

Soldier in camouflage adjusting gas mask.
Avon announces new Nato and European deals

Gas masks and respirators ordered amid reports that Russian forces deployed tear gas and the toxic choking agent chloropicrin in Ukraine

Technology
a man in a white shirt and blue tie looks at the camera
David SmithWe need better infrastructure, so it must be spared from the axe
Headshot of Louisa Clarence-Smith.
Louisa Clarence-SmithSay goodbye to political correctness in corporate America
Illustration of a woman pointing, a gas pump, food items, a building, and a red line graph depicting inflation.
Inflation unexpectedly eases to 2.8% in February
Economics
Houses under construction.
Vistry scraps dividend after slump in profits
Companies
Challenger 2 tank releasing smoke screen.
MoD goes in all guns blazing with £1bn Babcock deal
Companies
Workers harvesting tobacco in a field near Salta, Argentina.
Imperial to launch ‘evergreen’ share buyback until 2030
Companies
Illustration of a woman pointing, a gas pump, food items, a building, and a red line graph depicting inflation.
Inflation unexpectedly eases to 2.8% in February
Economics
Houses under construction.
Vistry scraps dividend after slump in profits
Companies
Challenger 2 tank releasing smoke screen.
MoD goes in all guns blazing with £1bn Babcock deal
Companies
Workers harvesting tobacco in a field near Salta, Argentina.
Imperial to launch ‘evergreen’ share buyback until 2030
Companies
a man in a white shirt and blue tie looks at the camera
David SmithWe need better infrastructure, so it must be spared from the axe
Headshot of Louisa Clarence-Smith.
Louisa Clarence-SmithSay goodbye to political correctness in corporate America

Sport

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Todd Boehly, Chelsea owner, at a football match.
Chelsea fans call for action against Boehly over ‘unauthorised ticket site’
Football
India v England - 1st ODI
MIKE ATHERTON
Players attack ICC leadership and call for three-week international windows
Cricket
Peter Siddle of Australia sits on the cricket pitch after achieving his 200th Test wicket.
Mike AthertonUnsung hero Siddle was the workhorse every team needs and loves
Yoram Moefana of France taking a selfie with his family after winning a rugby match.
Elgan AldermanHow tiny islands in South Pacific became part of France’s talent pipeline
UPDATED
Farrell: My son Owen and Lawes are both in Lions contention
Rugby union
NEW
Ingebrigtsen’s sister tells court she was hit in face ‘with force’ by father
Athletics
NEW
INTERVIEW
Sturridge: I started betting when I was seven, then in the toilet before games
Football
NEW
City, United and Bayern eye summer move for £100m Dibling
Football
54 minutes ago
Owen Farrell and Andy Farrell before a rugby match.
UPDATED
Farrell: My son Owen and Lawes are both in Lions contention
Rugby union
Jakob Ingebrigtsen reacting during a court hearing.
NEW
Ingebrigtsen’s sister tells court she was hit in face ‘with force’ by father
Athletics
Portrait of Dean Sturridge, ambassador for the Gordon Moody charity.
NEW
INTERVIEW
Sturridge: I started betting when I was seven, then in the toilet before games
Football
Southampton players celebrating a goal.
NEW
City, United and Bayern eye summer move for £100m Dibling
Football
54 minutes ago
Peter Siddle of Australia sits on the cricket pitch after achieving his 200th Test wicket.
Mike AthertonUnsung hero Siddle was the workhorse every team needs and loves
Yoram Moefana of France taking a selfie with his family after winning a rugby match.
Elgan AldermanHow tiny islands in South Pacific became part of France’s talent pipeline

Culture

Mumford & Sons backstage at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
NEW
REVIEW
Mumford & Sons: Rushmere — a comeback with straightforward appeal

Following the departure of Winston Marshall, the remaining trio in the British folk rock band return to their roots with an earnest, somewhat schmaltzy record

Music
Neil Tennant and Jake Shears performing at the London Soundtrack Festival.
REVIEW
FIRST NIGHT
Great Movie Songs — Neil Tennant and Jake Shears boost a staid night
Music
Illustration of Captain Pugwash, a pirate story by John Ryan.
REVIEW
FIRST NIGHT
Beyond Pugwash — the long bloody history of piracy (but kids will love it)
Art
Magician Steven Frayne performing card tricks.
INTERVIEW
Steven ‘Dynamo’ Frayne: ‘Performing is where I don’t feel pain. I need it’
Theatre & Dance
Daniel Harding conducting David Pasqualini singing.
REVIEW
Daniel Harding: Tosca — Puccini at a slow crawl
Classical & Opera
Pamela Anderson in a red Baywatch swimsuit on a beach.
REVIEW
FIRST NIGHT
Splash! From silk beach pyjamas to Pammy’s Baywatch swimsuit
Art
Britten Sinfonia orchestra performing on stage with conductor and soloists.
REVIEW
FIRST NIGHT
The Britten Sinfonia’s premiere looked into the shadows of the Holocaust
Classical & Opera
Magician Steven Frayne performing card tricks.
INTERVIEW
Steven ‘Dynamo’ Frayne: ‘Performing is where I don’t feel pain. I need it’
Theatre & Dance
Daniel Harding conducting David Pasqualini singing.
REVIEW
Daniel Harding: Tosca — Puccini at a slow crawl
Classical & Opera
Pamela Anderson in a red Baywatch swimsuit on a beach.
REVIEW
FIRST NIGHT
Splash! From silk beach pyjamas to Pammy’s Baywatch swimsuit
Art
Britten Sinfonia orchestra performing on stage with conductor and soloists.
REVIEW
FIRST NIGHT
The Britten Sinfonia’s premiere looked into the shadows of the Holocaust
Classical & Opera
Neil Tennant and Jake Shears performing at the London Soundtrack Festival.
REVIEW
FIRST NIGHT
Great Movie Songs — Neil Tennant and Jake Shears boost a staid night
Music
Illustration of Captain Pugwash, a pirate story by John Ryan.
REVIEW
FIRST NIGHT
Beyond Pugwash — the long bloody history of piracy (but kids will love it)
Art

Travel

Mountain lake in an autumnal valley on the Maple Pass trail in the North Cascades National Park, Washington
10 of the most beautiful places in America

Our expert picks out the most striking spots in the US, from the mountains of Montana and the desertscapes of New Mexico to Louisiana’s swamplands

US
Courtyard of Mandarin Oriental Qianmen, Beijing, with a large tree and seating area.
The new, easy way to experience China’s most vibrant city
Aerial view of Darwin, Australia, showing the CBD and Parliament House.
Australia’s most maverick city — with fabulous fish and chips
Australia
Wood-panelled lounge area at Bairro Alto Hotel in Lisbon
REVIEW
Bairro Alto Hotel review: boutique luxury in a killer Lisbon location
Lisbon
Wooden walkway down to Praia do Camilo beach in Lagos, Portugal.
COMMENT
CLAIRE IRVIN
The five surprising places where Brits can find a good-value getaway this year
Advice
The rooftop restaurant and bar at the Hilton Budapest hotel
REVIEW
Hilton Budapest hotel review: a well-located stay with sweeping views across the city
Budapest
People enjoying cherry blossoms in Kyoto, Japan
Cherry blossom season in Japan: where and when to go in 2025
Japan
Wood-panelled lounge area at Bairro Alto Hotel in Lisbon
REVIEW
Bairro Alto Hotel review: boutique luxury in a killer Lisbon location
Lisbon
Wooden walkway down to Praia do Camilo beach in Lagos, Portugal.
COMMENT
CLAIRE IRVIN
The five surprising places where Brits can find a good-value getaway this year
Advice
The rooftop restaurant and bar at the Hilton Budapest hotel
REVIEW
Hilton Budapest hotel review: a well-located stay with sweeping views across the city
Budapest
People enjoying cherry blossoms in Kyoto, Japan
Cherry blossom season in Japan: where and when to go in 2025
Japan
Courtyard of Mandarin Oriental Qianmen, Beijing, with a large tree and seating area.
The new, easy way to experience China’s most vibrant city
Aerial view of Darwin, Australia, showing the CBD and Parliament House.
Australia’s most maverick city — with fabulous fish and chips
Australia
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Obituaries

Sir Paul Nicholson at the Sunderland Brewery and Seaburn hotel pool.
OBITUARY
Sir Paul Nicholson, chairman who fought hard to save the Vaux brewery
OBITUARY
Jeremy Swift, ornithologist who developed a love for the African desert
OBITUARY
Kitty Dukakis, wife of presidential candidate Michael

Parenting

Collage of clothing, accessories, and home goods.
The 41 best gift ideas for Mother’s Day 2025
FIRST PERSON
I feared I was losing my unborn baby — but no one was listening
Single parents owed £690 million in unpaid child maintenance

Science

Illustration of two intertwined hearts with white rings symbolizing monogamy and polyamory.
Want a happy relationship? Monogamy is not the only way, study finds
Exercise ‘warps perception of time, making workouts feel longer’
Spiral in the sky mystifies UK stargazers

Environment

Red shrimp on the Pacific Ocean seafloor.
NEW
Deep-sea mining impacts visible 44 years on, UK expedition finds
Sewage spills at near-record high despite pollution pledges
Thames might soon to be too polluted for rowing, Redgrave warns

Obituaries

Sir Paul Nicholson at the Sunderland Brewery and Seaburn hotel pool.
OBITUARY
Sir Paul Nicholson, chairman who fought hard to save the Vaux brewery
OBITUARY
Jeremy Swift, ornithologist who developed a love for the African desert
OBITUARY
Kitty Dukakis, wife of presidential candidate Michael

Parenting

Collage of clothing, accessories, and home goods.
The 41 best gift ideas for Mother’s Day 2025
FIRST PERSON
I feared I was losing my unborn baby — but no one was listening
Single parents owed £690 million in unpaid child maintenance

Science

Illustration of two intertwined hearts with white rings symbolizing monogamy and polyamory.
Want a happy relationship? Monogamy is not the only way, study finds
Exercise ‘warps perception of time, making workouts feel longer’
Spiral in the sky mystifies UK stargazers

Environment

Red shrimp on the Pacific Ocean seafloor.
NEW
Deep-sea mining impacts visible 44 years on, UK expedition finds
Sewage spills at near-record high despite pollution pledges
Thames might soon to be too polluted for rowing, Redgrave warns

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