内容摘要："I was so surprised, I was overwhelmed really as I just didn't expect to see her again, especially after all this time."

"I was so surprised, I was overwhelmed really as I just didn't expect to see her again, especially after all this time."

It is a phrase that has become a familiar one at Westminster in the last few days and the line used to justify the shift in priorities and spending cuts Rachel Reeves announced in her Spring Statement.When folk in government say the world has changed what they mean, at least in part, is Donald Trump is back in the White House and they can't be remotely certain what is going to happen next.

In the latest example of stagecraft and statecraft amounting to the same thing for America's president, he set out in a news conference thatFor the UK, the US is the second largest car export market after the EU, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.Two and a bit months in to Trump's second term, the strategy from the government in the UK has been to wrangle in private and say as little as possible in public.

"If in doubt, say nowt" is how you might colloquially describe the approach, resisting the temptation to be drawn into commentary about the president's actions for fear of provoking a blast of his ire., which may provide some insulation from the whims and broadsides of Trump.

But all this underlines that uncertainty is the new certainty and considerable bandwidth is absorbed within government anticipating what might be around the corner and then seeking to negotiate about and/or mitigate the consequences of whatever is expected to change.

The independent forecaster, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), tasked with the near impossible job of economic projections amid such swirling uncertainty, nonetheless has a go.UKHarvest said it aims to provide food for up to 40 people per school.

Clare Corbitt, a mother of two from Chichester who has begun using the initiative, said it was a “fantastic idea”.“My two daughters decided together what food to use in our dinner that evening, and what we could use up for breakfast and lunch the next day,” she said.

“It's a massive help for me, and lovely to see the children come up with meal ideas."Ms Ellis, deputy headteacher at Birdham CE Primary School, said the scheme was not a food bank.