John Healey: “You will see this as a determined drive that you have not seen before from a British government. Buying British not 'if…”

I want the budget to be a budget that gives Britain a bit of breathing space – but also reinforces the strength of our fiscal plans and the strength of our resilience and our economy for the future.

It's a sign of resilience in the UK economy that some had not expected

It's really tough in the face of these economic global shocks

The step back from this is that the future of Ukraine is the future of European security, and that’s why it’s so crucial that Putin doesn’t prevail.