Trump v Lula: what to know about the tariffs spat between the US and Brazil

Brazilian president threatened a 50% tariff on US goods in retaliation for Trump’s levy on the Latin American country

Lula threatens 50% tariff on US goods in retaliation for Trump levy on Brazil

Brazilian president says ‘if he charges us 50%, we’ll charge him 50%’ after Trump cited trial of Bolsonaro to justify tariff

London’s stock exchange needs a shot in the arm from the Treasury

A marketing campaign is all very well but if the LSE’s fortunes are to turn, the real oomph needs to come from the chancellor

Trump threatens to escalate trade war amid confusion over new tariff rates

US president announces tariffs of up to 200% on foreign drugs and 50% on copper as he continues to shift plans

UK public finances on ‘unsustainable’ path amid growing climate, debt and pension costs

Office for Budget Responsibility warns national debt on course to hit 270% of GDP by 2070 amid volatility

Billionaire Labour backer John Caudwell ‘nervous’ about Starmer

Exclusive: Phones 4u founder, who switched from the Tories, says wealth tax would be very destructive to growth

Liz Truss is long gone – but her fiscal meltdown still dictates every step Labour makes

A jittery No 10 now seeks the market’s approval for everything. The result? Cruel cuts and a fear of desperately needed public spending, says economist Max Mosley

Rachel Reeves says she cannot rule out autumn tax rises after ‘damaging’ week

Exclusive: Chancellor says she never considered resigning and warns ‘there are costs’ to welfare bill U-turn

How to balance the UK books: six options open to Rachel Reeves

From spending cuts to tax rises, we rank possible routes to plugging the gap caused by Labour’s welfare climbdown

Labour’s first year: from voter opinion to market reaction – in charts

After a turbulent week to round off its first year, how have the past 12 months panned out for Keir Starmer’s government?

Rachel Reeves needs wider headroom against fiscal rules, ex-Bank of England deputy says

Charlie Bean says slim margin of £10bn means chancellor ‘has to neurotically fine-tune taxes to control OBR forecast’

Reeves’s fearsome challenge: to balance backbenchers and bond markets

While the chancellor may have lost credibility among restive MPs, market moves suggest investors support her

UK government bond markets rally after Starmer backs Reeves

Bond yields fall, reversing a sharp rise on Wednesday sparked by speculation over the future of the chancellor

In an age of failing economies and a populist backlash, I’ll tell you what we need – Marxism

The corporations would asset-strip our brains, but we can take back control, says economist and former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis

UK bond yields rise sharply amid speculation over future of Rachel Reeves

Cost of government borrowing leaps as investors take fright from PMQs, before falling back as No 10 says chancellor staying in post