Reeves poised to cancel planned fuel duty rise to help with cost of living

Chancellor has been under pressure to extend 5p temporary cut at an estimated cost to government of £2.4bn a year

From Team Reeves to Manchesterism: Labour’s four economic camps explained

Wes Streeting or Andy Burnham could launch a leadership bid – here are policies from which they could choose

Reeves seizes on surprise UK growth as evidence Labour leadership must stay

Chancellor says ‘now not the time to put economic stability at risk’ as ONS records 0.3% growth in first month of Iran war

Rachel Reeves suggests if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it – as fight to keep her job goes on

The GDP boost has raised the chancellor’s prospects for staying in post, whoever wins the Labour leadership battle

‘There’s a risk of another Liz Truss moment’: City raises spectre of bond market meltdown again

As Keir Starmer’s leadership totters, investors warn a Labour leadership contest ignoring public finances and market realpolitik could be disastrous

You’ve heard the king’s speech – but I think a better one might run like this

If I were in government I’d propose a very different response to the challenges we face – starting with protecting people from the cost of living, says former Labour home secretary David Blunkett

Labour must offer more than ‘better managed decline’ on economy, MPs urge

Soft-left Tribune group issues thinly disguised attack on Keir Starmer, calling for bold policy renewal

UK borrowing costs rise as Starmer speech fails to dispel investor ‘jitters’

Bond yields creep higher on concerns about potential for political instability and rising inflation

US Senate expected to confirm Kevin Warsh as next Federal Reserve chair

Warsh would succeed outgoing Fed chair Jerome Powell as Trump continues his push to influence the US central bank

Cut UK speed limits to reduce Iran war impact on consumers, thinktank urges

Cap of 20mph in towns and cities and 60mph on motorways would cut fuel demand and combat rising prices, IPPR says

New threat to Labour spending plans as UK long-term borrowing costs hit highest level since 1998

Inflation fears fuelled by Iran war and renewed uncertainty over Starmer’s leadership prompt bond sell-off

‘There is a good deal of fear’: what would a Labour leadership challenge mean for bond markets?

Rayner and Burnham are trying to gain markets’ confidence amid concerns they could loosen fiscal rules if they replace Starmer

Reversing Thatcher’s failed legacy of privatisation can be a Labour vote-winner. If you see Keir, tell him

Andy Burnham’s Manchesterism project is still a work in progress. But the future of centre-left politics in Britain may rely on its promise of ‘rolling back the 80s’, says Guardian associate editor Julian Coman

Next Scottish government faces ‘really difficult’ spending choices, economists say

Parties accused of ‘fiscal denial’ and failing to tell voters the scale of the challenge

Reform’s toxic thinking has infected Scottish politics – this week’s Holyrood elections will tell us how badly

For so long, the Scottish government has made a point of welcoming migrants. But I now see troubling changes in my country, says writer Jasmeen Kanwal