Scrap two-child benefit cap to help lift 4m people out of poverty, government urged

Exclusive: Cross-party Poverty Strategy Commission says abolishing limit would be part of its ‘once in a generation’ plan

Farage a ‘Putin-loving, free speech impostor’ says Democrat before Reform head’s US speech – UK politics as it happened

Jamie Raskin says Farage is ‘a Trump sycophant’ before UK politician addresses the House judiciary committee in Washington

The Guardian view on fiscal rules and financial myths: Britain must stop fearing imaginary bond vigilantes

Editorial: Liz Truss fell not for borrowing, but for incompetence. Rachel Reeves mustn’t repeat the mistake with rules markets don’t demand

Rachel Reeves’s autumn budget will take place on 26 November

As the later-than-usual date is set, chancellor insists the economy ‘isn’t broken’ but ‘isn’t working well enough’

UK hit by fresh sell-off in government bond markets as pound weakens

Yield on 30-year gilts hit highest level since 1998, indicating it will cost UK more to borrow from markets

Rising bond yields leave Reeves with no choice but to plan a ‘muddle-through’ budget

Despite predictions of a 1970s-style budget crisis, analysts point out similar rises are taking place in other markets

France has a massive debt crisis. So why is it spending billions a year subsidising business?

The government is on the brink of collapse over planned austerity. Instead it must face up to the costs of its unnecessarily rigid labour market, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst

Starmer seeks to wrest back policy control from Treasury in No 10 shake-up

Prime minister brings in chancellor’s deputy and former Bank of England chief to newly created senior roles

Reshuffle gymnastics prepare Starmer to walk tricky budget tightrope

Economists say new team could help push back against Treasury but PM needs to spell out what he stands for

Downing Street shake-up: who’s in and who’s out at No 10

Departures and new hires expected to give PM more direct oversight of delivery of key government priorities

Rachel Reeves is under immense pressure. She must not waste her chance to ‘go big’

Chancellor needs to reform an out-of-kilter tax system without alienating voters or spooking financial markets

‘Really transitional moment’: what should we do about declining fertility rates?

As fertility rate hits all-time low in England and Wales, is there cause for concern for the economy and services?

Chairman Trump: has the US turned its back on free-market capitalism?

Republicans once believed governments should get out of the way. Trump is making his influence felt in every corner of the American economy

Starmer names former Bank deputy governor as his chief economic adviser

Minouche Shafik quit Columbia University after controversy over anti-Israel protests on New York campus

‘Just hysteria’: UK faces a crisis but the IMF bailout talk is overblown

Despite sluggish growth and rising borrowing costs, most economists agree that Rachel Reeves doesn’t face a repeat of 1976