UK politics: Winter fuel payments to be restricted as Reeves says there is £22bn spending shortfall – as it happened
Chancellor suggests budget, on 30 October, will involve tax rises and cuts to spending and benefits
Ed Davey says Post Office lied to him and apologises to Alan Bates
Ex-minister and current Lib Dem leader tells inquiry he rejected campaigner when he first asked for meeting
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Ed Davey and former Lib Dem leaders face grilling at Horizon inquiry
Davey, Jo Swinson and Vince Cable all held coalition posts at the time of the Post Office scandal, but Tory ex-ministers will be subject to hardest questions
