Money digest: today’s need-to-know financial news | 14 March 2016

With just a couple of days left before the Budget, it came as no surprise to find the weekend press brimming with speculation about the Chancellor’s red box. While George Osborne did the rounds of the Sunday TV shows, news of proposed spending cuts dominated the headlines. The Observer devoted its front page to suggestions that Osborne is under pressure to shelve proposed tax cuts for higher earners.