Cuts to areas including welfare will be put to the official forecaster ahead of the Spring Statement.

The grocer admits breaching an order aimed at giving shoppers choice and access to the cheapest prices.

Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs told the BBC’s Newsnight her office had not been contacted about the plan.

The announcement follows new fund-raising efforts from rivals like OpenAI, which is set to close a deal that values the company at $300 billion, and Elon Musk’s xAI.

The investment plan, announced at the White House, was made as the Trump administration pushes to bring chip making back to the United States.

Mr. Musk uses online slang to marshal his 200 million social media followers in support of his efforts to gut the federal government. But he might be reaching his limits.

Ottawa recently signed an out-of-court settlement with a team of Quebec architects that was denied the prestigious contract to design the National Monument to Canada’s Mission in Afghanistan.