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Toxic waste / It’s time to dispose of the Budget

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Tim Shipman

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The Budget has created a £2 million house-price limit

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Matthew Lynn

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James Heale

Two peers suspended over lobbying

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Lee Cohen

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A sack of bilge: End, at the Dorfman Theatre, reviewed

Lloyd Evans

Evgeny Kissin’s stand-in brings the house down

Richard Bratby

The genius of William Nicholson

Melanie Mcdonagh

An adorable Taiwanese debut: Left-Handed Girl reviewed

Deborah Ross

The glory of gravy

Olivia Potts

Gothic lives matter: BBC2’s Civilisations reviewed

James Walton

Thom Yorke reminds me of David Brent: Radiohead reviewed

Michael Hann

A Frenchman who does not drink wine is a disgrace

Bruce Anderson

Why are today’s choreographers so musically illiterate?

Rupert Christiansen

Are you too cool for marriage?

Lara Brown

The scientific case for marriage

Nicholas Wade

The path to peace in Ukraine will be tortuous

Owen Matthews

Marriage is the real rebellion

Madeline Grant

My life as a writer

Taki

The revelations about what the Gaza hostages suffered are the most painful yet

Jonathan Sacerdoti

Epping is being punished by the asylum system

David Shipley

Reeves’ Budget could mark the finish line for British horse racing

Rupert Hawksley

The Wiki Man / Could a degree make you less employable?

Rory Sutherland

Starmer’s Mr Fix-it / Nick Thomas-Symonds: ‘The Brexit architects essentially ran away’

Tim Shipman

Je m’accuse / The art of owning up

Julie Burchill

Baby steps / The path to peace in Ukraine will be tortuous

Owen Matthews

Theatre’s tragedy / The theatre isn’t a thinktank

Douglas Murray

Agony Auntie / The obvious truth about BBC bias

Rod Liddle

Budget blues / Rachel Reeves’s road to ruin

Tim Shipman

In a state / Starmerism was always doomed to fail

Ed West

How bad will Rachel Reeves’s Budget be?

Michael Simmons

Crunch time / Will Rachel Reeves’s two Budget gambles pay off?

James Kirkup

Real life / Why is Westminster Cathedral leaving Jesus in the dark?

Melissa Kite

The turf / Only the Tote can save British racing

Charlie Brooks

Turf war / Labour’s eco-towns threaten our heritage

Arabella Byrne

Toxic waste / It’s time to dispose of the Budget

Tim Shipman

Ashes agony / Did the Aussies cheat?

Graham Boynton

Benefits / The pointlessness of removing the two-child benefit cap

Rosie Lewis

Budget chaos / Rachel Reeeves’s days are numbered

Andrew Lilico

Watch: Badenoch eviscerates Rachel Reeves

Steerpike

Live: OBR accidentally leaks Budget

The Spectator

Badenoch’s PMQs attack ran out of steam

Isabel Hardman

The Budget has created a £2 million house-price limit

Matthew Lynn

Rachel Reeves’s Budget is a shambles