May’s customs deal was a far softer Brexit with dynamic alignment on all goods. Still beats me why Labour rejected it but voted for the current deal.

What surprises, if any, do you anticipate in the OBR 2026 Spring and Autumn forecasts, and what impact will they have on next year's politics?

It’s about time us Swindonians had something to cheer. Good luck for the rest of the season.

Labour should have opposed Jeremy Hunt’s 4% National Insurance cuts as unaffordable and then reversed them when in power. It was clear to everyone they were unaffordable and Labour’s mistake was to pretend they were and to vote for them.

It reminds me of Reagan who when criticised about his age said “I have left orders to be woken up at any time during a national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting”

I think people often forget that council tax is something people pay out of their taxed income and has become a significant sum. Above inflation increases year on year to a tax which is not related to ability to pay are beginning to have a real impact on affordability.

People voted in a Labour government by a landslide because they wanted something meaningful to change. Labour has, ever since securing that win, done everything in its power to signal it won't change anything very much.

Isn’t part of the problem that we could have many different forms of Brexit including May’s, but the govt opted for the hardest and most damaging form, which Labour supported and voted for.