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Hello and welcome to this edition of The Westminster Hour with me, Vicky Young and my guests.

It's another big week for the Chancellor with her spring statement coming up in the House of Commons.

Rachel Reeves will argue that the world has changed, but can she really blame her economic woes on global events?

And should politicians here follow the Canadian Prime Minister's lead and stand up to President Trump?

Local elections in England and a by-election are just a few weeks away. We'll hear from the polling expert, Lord Hayward.

That's all coming up. But first, let's meet my panel.

Dame Chavourne McDonough has been the Labour MP for Mitchum and Morden in South London since 1997.

She was made a Dame in the New Year's honours list last year. Congratulations for that.

She currently serves on the Treasury Select Committee in the House of Commons, so no doubt

will be keeping a very close eye on the Chancellor's statement this week.

Andrew Griffith has been the Conservative MP for Arundel and South Downs in West Sussex since 2019.

He served in various government roles under Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak,

and he's currently the shadow business and trade secretary,

so a key member of

Kemi Badenox's front bench team. Sarah Olney is the Liberal Democrat MP for Richmond Park

in southwest London. She first won the seat at a by-election in 2016, dramatically beating

the incumbent Conservative MPs at Goldsmith, which feels like quite a long time ago. She then

lost the seat in 2017 election,

but won it back in 2019. And our expert guide to the week ahead in Westminster is George Parker,

political editor at the Financial Times. Now, we'll discuss the economy and, of course,

the Chancellor's Spring Statement in a moment. But first, I want to get your reaction to the

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