WATCH: The Budget – Hammond 1) “The era of austerity is finally coming to an end”

“We can look confidently to the future…today I can report to the British people that their hard work is paying off.”

Sponsored Post: Charlotte Woodworth – The Chancellor must fill the funding gap undermining Universal Credit

New research from 38 Degrees shows how this flagship policy could become a real political headache for the Conservatives.

Hammond has one task only in next week’s Budget. To show that the Government is preparing for No Deal.

The Chancellor’s recent claims of a coming “Deal Dividend” sent the wrong message at the wrong time – and showed up a deep Treasury malaise.

Iain Dale: What was hung around May’s neck in this week’s 1922 meeting was… a garland

Plus: Chinese whispers, Whitehall moves – and a Budget that is set to target business rather than taxpayers.

Catherine Utley: Let’s end the civil partnership ban on these devoted, long-term, cohabiting people

Siblings who have lived together for many years should be entitled to the same rights and protections.

Will Tanner: The Budget choice on ending austerity. Raise taxes – or ease up on deficit reduction.

In the final article of our mini-series, the Onward Director says that there must also be a new strategy to help boost Britain’s productivity rate.

Robert Halfon: Here’s the Worker’s Budget we need next week

In the second article of our mini-series, the Harlow MP calls for a relentless focus on the cost of living, a skills-based economy, social injustices and affordable housing.

Andy Street: A message to the Chancellor. Tax Amazon more and small businesses less.

Nevertheless, tax alone won’t solve our challenge. Instead we must reshape the high street experience – as we’re starting to do in the West Midlands.

Rosalind Beck: Why the CPS and Onward plans for housing sales to private tenants are wrong

If anti-private landlord agendas are allowed to shape Government policy, things will only get worse for them and for their tenants alike.

Graham Brady: Air Passenger Duty remains a tax on trade, so let it be cut in the Budget

It will also boost our economy and allow businesses to create new, modern jobs in an exciting growth sector.

Universal Credit where Universal Credit is due

If the Budget choice this year is between supporting the new system or raising tax thresholds, the answer is a no brainer.

Osborne raided Universal Credit budgets, but it’s Hammond who is suffering the hangover

The prospect of millions of families losing out financially makes ministers jittery – as, presumably, those briefing the press intend.

James Frayne: Is a Nappy Tax coming soon? How Hammond may raise more revenue when his Budget comes.

Public health and environmental health look the likeliest sources. Shifting everyone to the equivalent of PAYE and taxing the biggest businesses must also be targets.

Dominic Cummings, NHS hero

The Vote Leave director is the onlie begetter of this cashfest. But we’ve said it before and say it again: Britain can’t tax its way to prosperity – or a better health service.

Alex Morton: Scrapping coins and squeezing cash would be an assault on our own voters

The Treasury should be saved from itself by bringing the Party Chairman in to scrutinise the Autumn Budget before it is finalised.