Apprenticeships have collapsed in England – Labour needs to fine-tune the solution, fast
Responsibility for vocational training and skills has bounced around Whitehall for years, and enrolment rates are down by a third. Can the latest tweaks work?
Barclays boss urges UK ministers to limit public sector pay rises
TUC says CS Venkatakrishnan has ‘brass neck’ calling for curbs when his pay packet has doubled to £10.5m
UK economy flatlines in July in grim news for Rachel Reeves
Official GDP figures confirm widely expected slowdown after strong expansion in first half of the year
Stagnant GDP shows scale of challenge for Rachel Reeves at autumn budget
Chancellor calls economy ‘stuck, not broken’ but there are signs her policies have added to the UK’s economic headwinds
Business rates rise would put hundreds of big shops at risk, say UK retailers
Concern for ‘anchor tenants’ as trade body warns that stores could put up prices or cut jobs to protect profits
Let France be a warning, Rachel Reeves: stand up to the bond market vigilantes, or they’ll come for Britain next
Labour can stick with ‘you can’t buck the markets’ – or challenge the economic orthodoxy that has served narrow class interests for 50 years, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott
Starmer tightens grip on economic policy by strengthening autumn ‘budget board’
Key figures from No 10 and No 11 appointed to group include Torsten Bell, new economic adviser Minouche Shafik and comms chief Tim Allan
CBI boss calls for Reeves to tear up Labour’s pledge not to raise tax
Rain Newton-Smith tells chancellor ‘the time for tinkering is over’ and revisit promise not to raise taxes on working people
I’m not running for Labour deputy leader. I want the freedom to fight for an economic reset
The failed status quo and the OBR are holding us back from investing in ways that will transform the UK for the better, says Labour MP Louise Haigh
UK politics: Creasy leaves open chance of Labour deputy leadership bid and calls for Palestine Action law change – as it happened
The MP said police should be focusing on people who are members of the group, not those who ‘recklessly express support’ for it
Unite’s Sharon Graham: ‘Labour has one year to get it right. Farage is on their tail’
As workers feel the pressure and more people tune in to Reform, Starmer risks losing union members’ support, Graham says
Reeves’s £50bn problem solved: stop splashing it in pension tax relief
Older people would save anyway if state support was more limited, and overhaul of council tax would net billions more
Canada’s Mark Carney signals austerity measures as government shifts focus from Trump to economy
Prime minister cautions Canadians as Ottawa moves to curb spending to balance near-record military expenditures
UK businesses cut jobs at fastest pace in four years over summer, Bank of England finds
Companies say increase in employer national insurance contributions has forced them to cut jobs and raise prices
Hugh Corbet obituary
Other lives: Economist who created the London-based Trade Policy Research Centre and was committed to promoting free trade