Cholesterol has long been split into a good kind and a bad kind: one to be avoided and one embraced if you want to avoid a nasty outcome like a heart attack or a stroke. But a new picture is emerging. The standard measure fails to account for the riskiest form of cholesterol, and this extra-bad sort is resistant to the usual countermeasures. 

Britain’s blood pressure will rise tomorrow for another reason. Budget day will determine whether the Labour government can fix the country’s finances, and how the burden will fall on taxpayers. Our article explains the short-term solutions the chancellor is likely to announce, and why they will create more problems in future. 

Finally, on today’s Inside Geopolitics we interview John Bolton, America’s national security adviser during Donald Trump’s first term. Mr Bolton will evaluate Mr Trump’s America-first foreign policy and consider the future of American power. You can watch it from 6pm London time.