Help for housing or a kick in the teeth for the young? Our writers on the budget | Matthew d’Ancona, Faiza Shaheen, Jonathan Freedland, Polly Toynbee and Frances Ryan

Philip Hammond has held on to his own job, for now. But his budget changes may prove little more than window dressing as Brexit looms

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