UK-US trade deal could come into effect in ‘a couple of weeks’, Starmer says

Prime minister’s comments come after White House signals Britain will be spared 50% steel and aluminium tariffs

Rachel Reeves unveils £15bn for trams, trains and buses outside London

Focus on capital spending in northern cities and Midlands is recognition Labour needs better economic story for voters

Ahead of next week’s statement, the chancellor is to announcing transport investments outside London

Can troubled UK utilities company find any willing suitors after KKR’s 11th-hour abandonment of £4bn bid?

Reserve Bank vetoed a 50 basis point cut in cash rate last month, but is willing to take such action if global economy demands it

Exclusive: Chancellor urged to increase funding as study suggests government has overestimated its housebuilding figures for England

Government argues investment creates skilled jobs, but others say spending elsewhere would have more impact

Nigel Farage claimed last week to speak for the working class but he is still firmly wedded to the rightwing playbook

Exclusive: Ex-minister to call for wealth tax, and Andy Burnham to demand focus on housing and education

Sale ends state ownership of the banking group, then known as Royal Bank of Scotland, after 2008 rescue

Extra investment lined up for schemes such as energy projects, roads and rails outside London and south-east

Starmer throws down the speechlet after Farage strays off-piste with ‘Truss-style’ economic plans

Nigel Farage is ‘using your family finances as a gambling chip on his mad experiment’, prime minister will say

IMF suggests chancellor could refine fiscal rules, but some fear policing and social housing face spending cuts

The organisation, which has been assessing the UK economy, upgrades its growth forecast this year to 1.2%