The Spectator’s editor Michael Gove, economics editor Michael Simmons, Gillian Tett, columnist at the Financial Times, and other special guests will give their unrivalled insights into the autumn Budget, just hours after it is announced.

Andy Burnham’s first few months in Downing Street have already produced a striking political turnaround. But on 28 October, Chancellor John Healey must confront difficult choices on tax, borrowing and public spending. Can he deliver on Burnham’s promise of ‘good growth in every postcode’, or are a stagnant economy and crippling debt here to stay? Will he truly follow through on Burnham’s plans to shift financial and political power away from Westminster and towards the North? Or is this rhetoric over reality?

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