BBC political correspondent Iain Watson says this was a pre-Budget report aimed at creating a political gulf, setting out the election battleground.

The BBC's Soutik Biswas on an unsung Indian boxing star who is bound for the Beijing Olympics.

Thursday's papers express disapproval at Tony Blair's farewell tour of Africa.

The BBC's Phil Mercer visits a South Pacific island where people worship a mysterious US GI known as John Frum.

ELO are the band we love, but hate to admit it, according to a list this week, while Top of the Pops became a victim of its unhip-ness. But when it comes to what's in and what's out, haven't we gone beyond cool, asks Alan Connor.

BBC business editor Robert Peston assesses the flotation of Standard Life.

QUESTION: The number of millionaires in Britain has doubled since 1996. So are charities doing well out of the new rich?

BBC Scotland's David Porter views a week in Westminster dominated by the nation's "bank manager".