Ozempic maker struggles as it loses ground to rivals in weight-loss market

Novo Nordisk cuts sales and profit forecasts as it continues to lose ground to Mounjaro firm Eli Lilly

M&S boss says Reeves made customers more worried with pre-budget speech

Stuart Machin says shoppers are concerned about rising costs after chancellor failed to rule out manifesto-breaking tax rises

Global stock markets fall sharply over AI bubble fears

Drop in US, Asia and Europe follows warning from bank bosses that market correction could lie ahead

Bosses at six water firms had £4m in bonuses blocked under new rules, Ofwat says

Regulator also considers forcing companies to report pay received from parent firms after Guardian investigation

Thinktanks urge Rachel Reeves to overhaul ‘broken’ tax system

Coalition says ‘arbitrary and nonsensical’ rules are penalising work and discouraging investment

Economic policy is one thing Nigel Farage can’t crib from the Donald Trump playbook

The Maga model, based on the US’s exorbitant market privileges, can’t be imported to Britain. That’s going to be a problem for Reform UK, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Fixing Britain’s worklessness crisis will cost employers £6bn a year, report says

The Keep Britain Working review, created to tackle the rising tide of ill health pushing millions out of work, reported its findings ahead of this month’s budget

Telecoms companies to improve security to stop UK phone number ‘spoofing’

Six of biggest providers to roll out new technology over next 12 months in effort to prevent fraud by foreign call centres

China accuses Dutch of prolonging chip war that threatens to halt car factories

Beijing tells Netherlands to ‘stop interfering’ after seizure of chipmaker Nexperia as export bans disrupt supply chain

Reeves refuses to say she will stick to manifesto pledge on tax rises and insists she must face world ‘as it is’ – as it happened

Chancellor says she is focused on priorities for British people in pre-budget speech laying ground for expected tax rises

Pound hits lowest since April as investors anticipate budget tax rises; markets hit by AI valuation jitters – as it happened

Sterling drops against dollar as chancellor’s speech is taken as a sign that taxes will rise in the budget, and interest rates may fall faster

Gopichand Hinduja, head of Britain’s richest family, dies aged 85

Billionaire businessman’s family owns Hinduja Group, which has interests across oil, banking and real estate

Primark owner’s boss urges Reeves not to hit shoppers with budget tax rises

George Weston tells chancellor to ‘tax rich folks instead’ as ABF says it could split fashion chain from food arm

Three weeks till budget day – and now Rachel Reeves is ‘being honest’ about tax

The chancellor is levelling with us about the pain to come. Is there anyone outside Planet Rachel who couldn’t see that truth two years ago, asks Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Sir Alan Bates agrees multimillion-pound settlement over Post Office scandal

Government settles claim from former post office operator more than 20 years after he began his campaign for justice