UK retail sales drop unexpectedly as shoppers await Black Friday and budget
Supermarkets, clothing stores and online mail order firms suffer sales declines as consumers delay purchases
AI bubble fears return as Wall Street falls back from short-lived rally
Leading US stock markets tumble less than 24 hours after strong results from chipmaker Nvidia sparked gains
‘Devastating to think of lives that could have been saved under different PM’, say Covid bereaved – as it happened
Findings of inquiry into handling of pandemic by Boris Johnson’s government paint picture of delay and inaction
Reeves urged to ‘grasp the nettle’ with wholesale reset of council tax
Experts say chancellor should go further than rumoured plan to update value of homes in top three bands
Councils in north of England and Midlands to get more funding in shake-up
The changes could see funding boosts for Reform-led councils in the north with high levels of deprivation
Serious Fraud Office arrests two men over suspected £20m crypto fraud
Law enforcement agency raids two sites in West Yorkshire and London as it appeals for information
Industry can’t wait any longer for a fix to its energy crisis. Ministers should get a move on
Make UK’s call for the government to recognise that the energy crisis for industry is happening now is spot-on
‘No contract, no coffee’: what to know about the Starbucks workers’ strike in 65 US cities
More than 2,000 Starbucks employees are on the picket line as politicians like Zohran Mamdani back striking workers
UK is worst-performing market for JD Sports as youth unemployment hits sales
Lack of spare cash among under-25s feeds slide in sales with annual profits to be at lower end of expectations
US economy added more jobs than forecast in September, after shock losses in August – as it happened
US non-farm payrolls rose by 119,000 in September, but new data also shows economy shed jobs in August
Asda to raise £568m in store sell-off as sales continue to fall
Supermarket still losing market share despite effort under Allan Leighton to win over customers with price cuts
US added 119,000 jobs in September in report delayed by federal shutdown
Unemployment rate hits 4.4%, its highest level since 2021, and government has said no October report will be issued
People in the US: how has the Trump administration affected your healthcare?
We’d like to hear how the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is impacting your local healthcare provision
Trump’s ‘affordability’ efforts are a mess of absurdity and magical thinking
After Republicans were trounced in this month’s votes, the administration has launched a slapdash, ill-conceived campaign
What does the left want? A wealth tax. What will that accomplish? Very little
Imposing a 1% levy on the super-rich isn’t a policy, it’s pantomime. Tackling inequality in Britain will require much more far-reaching changes, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty