Prospect of Labour leadership race brings out different sides of rivals
Burnham and Streeting’s latest stances confound caricatures of left and right as party faces electoral bind
Philip Kraven obituary
Other lives: IT specialist in the oil industry who started out working as a geophysicist
Reeves cuts VAT on summer days out to 5% as part of cost of living support
Chancellor says she will raise tax on global oil firms to help meet costs of plans and confirms delay to fuel duty increases
New weight-loss shot appears to outperform other obesity drugs on market
Eli Lilly says participants in a sizable trial of retatrutide lost much more weight compared to other weight-loss drugs
Music industry risks excluding working-class talent, says Tinie Tempah
Singer Skye Newman also highlights how becoming a performer is becoming inaccessible to those without money
Former boss of collapsed investment firm jailed for illegally selling hot tub
Michael Thomson admitted to breaching a restraining order by selling a range of luxury items
Starmer says he will campaign for Burnham in Makerfield byelection – as it happened
Prime minister tells reporters he would campaign personally in the contest
Reeves announces VAT cut on summer attractions in new cost of living package – as it happened
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
BT warns of smartphone price rises due to chip shortages from AI boom
Telecoms company CEO says tech firms are buying up memory chips to power datacentres relied on by AI
The main takeaways from Elon Musk’s plans for $1.75tn SpaceX flotation
Prospectus for tycoon’s sprawling empire reveals his plan to keep control – and ambition to colonise Mars
Britain’s politicians need to worry less about the bond markets – and more about the Bank of England
A new model of central banking would weaken the power of bond vigilantes – and help progressive politicians pay for transformative change, says academic Daniela Gabor
Blind UK pop producer to take legal action over alleged lack of support at work after surgery
Disability rights campaigner Robin Millar reveals he is taking owners of music business he founded to a tribunal
UK service sector activity slumps in one of sharpest declines for a decade
Firms hit by ‘perfect storm’ of uncertainty about Labour leadership and impact of Iran war
EasyJet summer holiday bookings down on last year amid Iran war uncertainty
Airline, which took £25m hit on jet fuel in March, says passengers are waiting later to book trips
Wes Streeting calls for equal tax on income and capital gains in Labour leadership pitch
MP says current system is unfair and his idea would result in a ‘wealth tax that works’