The Spring Statement was never expected to deliver any financial respite for local government – and in that sense it didn't disappoint. The main takeaway on the day seems to have been Chancellor Rachel Reeves' insistence that her fiscal rules are ‘non-negotiable'.

Institute of Fiscal Studies' supremo Paul Johnson gets the award for the question of the day. Speaking on Politics live, he asked: ‘Is the target tail wagging the policy donkey?'