Rachel Reeves urged to break manifesto pledges to avoid ‘pasty tax’ budget

Labour colleagues advise chancellor against string of small money-raising measures, as OBR presents forecast

UK electric car sales hit record high as taxpayer subsidies help attract buyers

EVs rise nearly a third in September compared with a year earlier, as plug-in hybrids jump by 56%

London stock market boost as beauty group lists and tinned fish brand confirms IPO plan

Beauty Tech Group picks London for £300m offering while Princes Group, with £2.1bn turnover, also plans possible £1.5bn listing

The Guardian view on Tilly Norwood: she’s not art, she’s data

Editorial: The first 100% AI actor is a cause for alarm. But the human connection of great acting can never be replaced

US ‘flying blind’ at critical moment for economy, experts warn, with no jobs data amid shutdown

Data was collected for closely-watched jobs report before shutdown, but Trump officials so far defy calls to publish it

Jamie Oliver and his wife pay themselves £2.5m as pre-tax profits slump

Celebrity chef’s media and restaurant empire sees fall in profits despite 6% rise in sales to £28.6m

UK business growth hits five-month low amid budget uncertainty and weak demand – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

Banking industry’s net zero alliance shuts down amid faltering climate commitments

NZBA had nearly 150 members but banks began leaving when Trump was re-elected on promise to ‘drill, baby, drill’

Trump looks to Nixon’s playbook – good for him, bad for the economy?

History suggests that bullying the Fed for political gain can have serious consequences for the rest of us

Disillusionomics: the US economy isn’t serving gen Z

My generation is struggling for stability in a system that no longer feels fit for purpose. It’s time to take that seriously

Wetherspoons boss vows to keep price rises to a minimum as he criticises energy bills

Beefed-up packaging tax will triple pub chain’s costs from the levy to £2.4m a year, says Tim Martin

Captain of oil tanker linked to Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ to go on trial in France

Vladimir Putin denounces seizing of the vessel as an act of ‘piracy’ and warns it could provoke confrontation

SA Ambulance received no alerts from service meant to notify authorities during Optus triple zero outage last month

Exclusive: Despite being signed up to a new alert system, the South Australian emergency service was not notified during September’s triple zero outage

Government shutdown could cost US economy billions of dollars a week, analysts say

According to one report, each week of shutdown could cost up to $7bn, with another suggesting a $15bn loss in GDP

Rachel Reeves could raise £45bn in taxes and keep promises, report says

Chancellor has ways to cover UK deficit without breaching spirit of Labour manifesto, Morgan Stanley claims