The minimum wage for those aged 21 years and over will rise by 6.7% to £12.21 - with pay for those aged 18 to 20 set to go up by 16.3% to £10 an hour.

The Labour manifesto never did add up.

The number of mortgages approved in September reached a level not seen in the two years since the Liz Truss mini-budget.

TikTok's founder Zhang Yiming has become China's richest man with a fortune of almost $50bn (£38bn).

Small businesses have called for the government to "significantly increase" the employment allowance to prevent them from having to shut down following the budget.

Adidas has reached an out-of-court settlement with Kanye West - known as Ye - ending all legal proceedings between them, the sportswear brand has said.

Budgets are all about numbers.

More than 1,000 Ford employees will go on strike on Wednesday, the Unite union has said.

The government has opted not to intervene in proposals to close and redevelop part of Chatham Docks in Kent, a scheme which one of the world's largest steel companies had previously warned could lead to one of its divisions abandoning the UK.

Reaction Engines, the British hypersonic aviation pioneer, could collapse within hours unless it can persuade investors to provide millions of pounds for a rescue deal.