Keir Starmer to restart UK-India talks after previous negotiations stalled

Whisky and migration thwarted earlier deal but UK PM hopeful of reaching agreement with Narendra Modi

Keir Starmer denies budget to blame for rise in mortgage rates

PM says budget stabilised the economy, while mortgage rates are ‘individual decisions for the banks’

Tax rises in budget sap UK consumer confidence and will hit pay growth, say reports

Survey shows households’ economic fears, while Goldman Sachs predicts impact of increase in employer NICs

Open registers are only way to stop dirty money that underpins crime

We know too well that overseas territories and crown dependencies play a pivotal role in helping crooks and tax dodgers

Talks are a good place to start task of improving the UK’s social care

Productivity and quality in a sector that is its workforce will require even more money after national insurance rises

Shadow chancellor warns Reeves over EU ties after Bank chief says Brexit harming economy – as it happened

Mel Stride said there must be no suggestion of the UK going back into the EU single market or customs union

Shrinking GDP forecast adds to German woes after coalition collapse

European Commission figures predict German economy, usually the engine of the EU, will contract O.1% this year

Could Labour build closer EU trade ties and would this increase growth?

Bank of England governor says Brexit has harmed UK economy, while Donald Trump will also complicate matters

Few expected Britain to boom but the GDP figures will worry the Treasury

Summer slowdown raises questions of whether Reeves’s bleak outlook in the run-up to the budget hindered growth

Nine hours and 52 minutes: did Dave Strachan’s ambulance wait cost him his life?

When he woke up with chest pains, his wife, Lucille, called 999, expecting help to arrive in minutes. But as he drifted in and out of consciousness, their wait continued ...

From Thatcher to Trump and Brexit: my seven lessons learned after 28 years as Guardian economics editor

The free market experiment has failed, free trade is out, and populism is rife but it can be defeated if the left can galvanise ideas into a credible plan

EU leaders vow to make bloc more competitive in face of Trump threat

Budapest meeting finds consensus on need to raise growth and productivity as ‘America first’ protectionism looms

Tax changes in budget last straw for UK farmers after ‘years of being squeezed’

Farmers’ union to bring 1,800 members to Westminster in protest, but some say mega-rich landowners are the problem

Bank of England’s rate caution overshadowed by Trump victory

Monetary policy committee is warier about pace of policy easing following Rachel Reeves’ budget

Sainsbury’s boosted by return to the office but warns of price rises

Profits are up 4.7% but extra £140m on national insurance bill could mean more expensive groceries