We've been trapped in a spiral of decline for too long, I make no apology for keeping an iron grip on Britain's finances, writes RACHEL REEVES

The world is changing in front of us and The Mail on Sunday readers can see it. The Chancellor is expected to announce deeper than expected cuts in her Spring Statement on Wednesday Rachel Reeve's £25 billion Budget raid on employers’ National Insurance last year hit business confidence and strangled growth, causing government borrowing costs to soar Stability must come first. Defence expenditure has already been boosted by cutting the foreign aid budgets, while a £5 billion cut to benefits was announced just last week Flatlining growth means that the Treasury is closer to £5 billion in debt but the Chancellor expected the economy to be in ‘credit’ by £10 billion at this point By investing more than £600million over this Parliament we will train up to 60,000 more construction workers. And our plan will deliver additional industry placements, establish Technical Excellence Colleges specialising in construction, launch new foundation apprenticeships and expand Skills Bootcamps to boost construction and drive economic growth. It’s a plan that will unleash the new generation of British construction workers, building the houses and infrastructure we need, getting Britain building again.