Good morning from Liverpool. Rachel Reeves delivered her speech yesterday, grinning like someone who had been shown internal polling showing that the government had overdone its “it’s midnight in the United Kingdom” positioning. More importantly, she has opened the possibility of tweaking her fiscal rules so they do not constrain capital spending.

Reeves said: “There will be no return to austerity. Conservative austerity was a destructive choice for our public services – and for investment and growth too. We must deal with the Tory legacy and that means tough decisions. But we won’t let that dim our ambition for Britain."

Reeves says the figures do move around, but she does not contest the broad point Robinson is making. Q: Can you say no department will have its budget cut in real terms? Reeves sa