track with the living standards that really is up for grabs. there is a pattern in many of the announcements we have already heard, and if you dig down, you see it spread over a period of years and they do not involve much day to day spending. that is what rishi sunak is trying to get under control, to get that lower taxation at the end of the parliament. although we are used to this chancellor borrowing hundreds of millions of pounds during the pandemic rescue, i think tomorrow is about drawing a line under that and showing he is tough on public finances and borrowing. after concerns about rising covid infection levels there are signs that cases are beginning to plateau, even drop slightly in england. however, 263 deaths were recorded today across the uk, the highest since february. that may be due to unusually low reporting of deaths over the weekend. one of the developers of the astra zeneca vaccine has told a committee of mps that the situation is improving. the government, though,