The chancellor is under pressure after Treasury forecasters revealed public finances showed a £4.2bn surplus, while Rachel Reeves was pointing to a significant black hole that she needed to fill in this week's package of measures.
Pope Leo's visit to the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul marked part of his first overseas visit as head of the Catholic Church. He will travel to Lebanon on Sunday.
The government is close to hiring Evercore, the investment bank, to examine the future of the British steel industry months after it seized control of the country's second-biggest producer, Sky News learns.
