Nvidia unveils security platform to rein in AI agents and $150bn stock buyback

Chipmaker says new system was designed to prevent AI agents from going rogue amid incidents at top companies

The Guardian view on Britain’s new chancellor: his purpose must be to protect living standards

Editorial: John Healey has offered a vision, but an energy shock will mean households and businesses need to be offered help in the budget

Shabana Mahmood says Labour party wants to create ‘fairness in our immigration system’ – as it happened

She says a lack of fairness can make ‘people turn inwards’

Labour’s modest reheat of help to buy is worth a try

Turning to George Osborne’s playbook may look awkward, but cutting deposits to 2.5% could jolt a housebuilding sector stuck in a funk

Avanti West Coast to be renationalised in March as ministers float public ownership of new trains

Andy Burnham hails nationalisation of much-criticised service between London, Birmingham and Glasgow

Burnham has a battle plan, with social care the flagship. Risks lie ahead, but Labour now travels in hope

Here in Liverpool, the PM’s ambition for the party – and the country – is evident. There should be no complacency, but also no fear, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Further interest rate hikes could ‘devastate’ property market without easing unaffordability

With RBA predicted to lift cash rate for fourth time this year on Tuesday, experts warn a fifth – or even sixth – rise would be ‘overkill’

What you need to know about Your First Home scheme for first-time buyers

Government announcement sparks a rally in FTSE-listed housebuilders, but there are still a lot of unknowns

UK diesel prices hit record high at 199.18p a litre; housebuilder stocks surge on new homes scheme – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

Aldi to invest £900m in UK and open 40 more stores next year

Supermarket chain declares ‘increasing confidence’ in its growth plans after posting record annual revenue of £19bn

Foie gras, live dolphins and toasters: China and US cut reciprocal tariffs on $30bn each of goods

World’s biggest economies release lists of products in latest move away from trade war – but no strategic goods are included

Heat pump sales soar across Europe after states cut electricity taxes, data shows

EU to push member states to cut tax rate below duty on gas, with 11% surge in sales also put down to fallout from Iran war

Healey offers upbeat vision but sheds little light on how it will be paid for

With the budget only a month away, the chancellor gave little indication of where money will come from to reindustrialise Britain

Schools forced to shut amid burst Thames Water pipe ‘leaking 750 litres a second’

Leak causes outages and low pressure in parts of London and Surrey, affecting 6,000 properties and leaving some without water

Healey signals welfare reform push and new apprenticeships scheme

Chancellor sets out measures to support jobs and growth in Labour conference speech but vows fiscal discipline in budget