Chancellor urged to reform Office for Budget Responsibility to open way to more public investment

It has been making us poorer for 14 years

A new report suggests that putting more money into public investment would boost growth and average earnings over the next decade

A majority of Labour MPs think the Chancellor should raise taxes at the Budget to allow for additional spending and investment above the amount needed to meet her fiscal rules.

Economists and academics tell the chancellor to stabilise the public finances by boosting investment with levies on wealth and stamp duty reform

Divisions within the party are exposed as two thirds of MPs are against the Rachel Reeves’ fiscal plans

From Professor Mariana Mazzucato and others

Exclusive: Torsten Bell defends Labour’s spending plans, saying ‘the status quo is economically and morally bankrupt’

There is no need to panic: the government’s overall fiscal strategy is the right one. Spending cuts would be a mistake, says Jonathan Portes, a professor at King’s College London