North Sea plan allows drilling while enabling Labour to keep ‘no new licences’ pledge ‘Tiebacks’ will permit small amount of new fossil fuel extraction, but campaigners want bolder strategy
Has Rachel Reeves made the right calls in this budget? Our panel responds After a tumultuous run-up to a make-or-break moment for the government, has the chancellor struck the right balance?
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Computer maker HP to cut up to 6,000 jobs by 2028 as it turns to AI US firm says plan to speed up product development and improve customer satisfaction would save $1bn a year
Ministers approve £750m Marlow Film Studios development after review Planning permission granted for Buckinghamshire project seen as test of Labour’s drive for economic growth
The latest inflation figures offer no joy – except to the gas producers whose windfall profits remain largely untouched The boom in world gas prices due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to energy companies making out like bandits
UK borrowing costs fall after early release of budget forecasts – as it happened OBR forecasts appear to show that chancellor has more than doubled her fiscal headroom to almost £22bn
Budget 2025: key points at a glance Rachel Reeves has announced her financial update – here are the main points, with political analysis
Trump once again steps up attacks on TV networks as he threatens to revoke licenses Trump has suggested on at least 28 occasions over past eight years that a TV network’s license be revoked – even though it doesn’t work that way
Warner Music signs deal with AI song generator Suno after settling lawsuit Music company representing Coldplay and Ed Sheeran had sued tech platform alleging mass copyright infringement Business live – latest updates
Pets at Home boss says ‘urgent and necessary’ action needed as profits dive Interim chair of group, which is still looking for a CEO, says chain must ‘return to our retailing roots’
Reserve Bank could raise interest rates as early as May after inflation climbs to 3.8% Treasurer Jim Chalmers says government deciding on energy rebate extension in ‘next few weeks’ as cost of living continues to bite
Rachel Reeves has many problems. She’s realising that her Brexit bind may be the biggest of all Brutal economic realities are prompting a shift in Labour’s tone on Europe. But will it dare tell the whole truth about Britain’s predicament, asks Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
Rachel Reeves’s high-stakes autumn budget in five key charts Chancellor to set out tax and spending plans shaped by weak productivity, high borrowing costs and cost of living crisis
Joan Templeman, wife of billionaire Richard Branson, dies aged 80 The British billionaire founder of Virgin Atlantic said he was ‘heartbroken’ by loss of wife and partner for 50 years