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“Welfare spending is forecast to rise this year to £353bn - and to £431bn in 2031/32, according to government spending watchdog the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).”

“Welfare spending is forecast to rise this year by £19bn to £353bn.”

“Inflation-adjusted welfare spending remains lower than 2013 because several other working-age benefits, such as Universal Credit and housing benefit, were cut by Conservative-led governments as part of their austerity programme from 2010 onwards, external.”

“Healey said he will set out how the government plans to meet its commitment to spend 3% of the national income on defence by 2030, and 3.5% by 2035, at next year's spending review.”

“Now he is in the Treasury hot seat and under pressure to spell out how he will get defence spending up to 3% of national income, at the same time as cutting government borrowing costs and tackling the cost of living.”

“Flávio Bolsonaro has proposed cutting government spending, government ministries, and some taxes - though he has said he'd maintain some of Lula's flagship welfare programmes.”

“…lusionment is high among the French public, who have seen cost-of-living pressures increase, and who are faced with increasingly dire warnings that any future government will likely have to make deep spending cuts in order to finance spiralling levels of…”

“Help to Buy Labour has said the scheme will be funded by within existing government budgets, but is yet to provide details of which other areas will see their spending cut.”

“It said the latter risked "blurring the line between antisemitism and legitimate criticism of the Israeli government and the genocide in Gaza".”

“Despite the government's apparent attempts to make concessions, the students show no sign of backing down.”

“A Reuters/Ipsos survey suggests that 85% of Americans think social media can be addictive for children, and 61% support greater government oversight.”

“The ads, which praise the president and his policies, drew criticism and questions over their legality due to laws against using government money for political ads.”

“Some visitors have been spending longer than their allocated 40-minute slot viewing the tapestry, meaning others have to move through more quickly, he said.”

“Committee chair Dame Caroline Dinenage said the report , externalcomes at "a pivotal moment for the BBC", which is grappling with changing media habits, declining income and negotiations with the government over how it is paid for.”

“With just a month to go until his first Budget, the chancellor is under pressure to cut spending or raise taxes to tackle the ballooning cost of government borrowing.”

“Nigel Farage's party would reduce spending on benefits to fund the tax cut.”

“In response to the billionaire's criticism, the government said it was working to deliver growth and that business investment had increased in the last two years.”

“The Federal Reserve is independent of the government, but has faced sharp criticism from Trump over its decisions on rates in recent years.”

“…ery striking to hear the former Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane telling LBC on Tuesday that without signs of cuts to public spending "the markets now suspect that this is a traditional tax and spend socialist government with better TikTok…”

“It is the first part of a wider plan to build 300,000 social and affordable homes across the nation, under the government's £39bn social housebuilding programme.”

“Asked whether the changes he had announced were not significant to people struggling, he said: "I can accept criticism that this isn't enough, because I wouldn't say it's enough.”