Rachel Reeves put on a brave face at the dispatch box — and, credit where it’s due, her Spring Statement delivery was more assured than usual. But confidence and credibility aren’t the same thing.

One glance at the Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) latest projections and the rosy picture starts to crack. Inflation forecasts, unemployment figures, GDP growth, and fiscal headroom all carry asterisks the Chancellor conveniently glossed over. And that’s before you factor in a week that’s already sent global markets into a tailspin.

Here’s what Reeves said — and what she quietly skipped past.

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Britain is trying to build 1.5 million homes. Meanwhile, £9bn earmarked to fund the infrastructure that makes those homes possible is just… sitting there.

UK shoppers caught a small break in February as shop price inflation eased to 1.1% year-on-year, down from 1.5% in January, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC).

Williams F1 isn’t just rebuilding on the track, it’s rewriting the sponsorship playbook. With legendary commercialisation expert Peter Kenyon now steering the business side, the historic Oxfordshire team has landed game-changing deals with Atlassian, Anthropic, and Barclays. The result? Williams is no longer just competing with nine other F1 teams; they’re going head-to-head with football’s elite and the NBA for partner dollars. That’s not a typo. Here’s how a 75-year-old motorsport institution became a fintech and AI magnet.

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Markets don’t like surprises — and an Iranian attack on the Strait of Hormuz is about as big a surprise as they come. With US and Israeli strikes hitting at least five Iranian cities, and Iran retaliating against Israel, investors are now bracing for an oil price spike that could reignite inflation across the UK and beyond. Here’s what’s happening, what it could cost, and where smart money might be heading.

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Bitcoin may be down 25% this year, but Wall Street hasn’t walked away. At this year’s iConnections conference in Miami, one thing was clear: digital assets have earned a permanent seat in institutional portfolios — and the appetite is only growing.

Here’s what the data, the deals, and the mood on the floor are telling us.

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