Labour is right to forge more trade links with China – not doing so would be folly

From a ‘golden era’ to post-pandemic mistrust, the UK has had a turbulent relationship with the world’s second-largest economy, says Lau China Institute director Kerry Brown

Lisa Nandy vows to bulldoze barriers in arts and turbocharge growth

Culture secretary announces investment in arts at Gateshead summit and accuses Tories of stifling creative industries

Bank of England delays rules designed to avoid banking crash by a year

Donald Trump’s return to White House and Rachel Reeves’s call for regulators to help drive UK growth taken into account

‘He’s one of the best’: the economist shaping Rachel Reeves’s growth plans

John Van Reenen believes he can help Labour solve the ‘peculiar British problem’ of chronically weak productivity

Pressure eases on Rachel Reeves as UK economy grows by 0.1% in November

Growth weaker than City forecasts but government says it’s a ‘step in the right direction

Rachel Reeves summons regulators to Downing Street to push growth agenda

Chancellor calls chiefs for check-in to review plans for industries including road, rail, water, energy and aviation

Reeves clings to green shoots of recovery as UK economy flatlines

After a tough start to the year, the chancellor’s desire to ‘kickstart growth’ is unlikely to happen quickly

Liz Truss is long gone from Downing Street – but zombie economics lives on

Labour’s panicked reaction to economic turbulence is to promise ‘ruthless’ cuts. That’s not an intelligent answer, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Unexpected drop in inflation lifts pressure off Rachel Reeves

UK chancellor has had tough week but latest figure sends yield of UK government bonds tumbling

No 10 accused of having ‘revolving door’ after new Treasury minister embroiled in China row

Emma Reynolds, who replaces Tulip Siddiq, pressed government over foreign influence rules while at lobbyist

Dip in UK inflation offers respite for Reeves and paves way for interest rate cut

Unexpected fall last month will help ease Treasury and Bank of England fears after bond market sell-off

Fall in UK inflation to 2.5% paves way for Bank of England rate cut

After week of turbulence in markets, ONS data sends bond yields falling and eases pressure on chancellor

Keir Starmer is right to gamble on an AI revolution, but it might not pay out in time

The cash to match the prime minister’s ambition will have to come from other budgets long before any benefits are seen, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian view on Rachel Reeves: turbulence caused by caution, cuts and criticism

Editorial: The chancellor isn’t going anywhere – but clinging to Treasury orthodoxy threatens Labour’s transformative growth agenda

Stride’s Hamlet gag saves Reeves from slings and arrows of economic fortune

Instead of evaluating chancellor’s performance, her shadow apes rightwing press and calls for her sacking