Bank of England cuts interest rates by 0.25 points to 4.75%

Borrowing costs reduced for second time this year with Fed expected to cut US rates later on Thursday

City analysts overwhelmingly predict Bank of England interest rate cut

Rare agreement among forecasters gives 96% chance of today’s MPC meeting cutting borrowing costs to 4.75%

Rachel Reeves promises not to increase taxes again in spring budget

Chancellor tells Treasury select committee ‘we’ve now set the envelope for spending for this parliament’

Guyana citizens to receive £370 each in payouts from ‘mind-boggling’ oil wealth

Country has been enjoying historic growth in economy, which has tripled since it started crude oil extraction in 2019

Britain cries out for new economics. Labour has given it repackaged Tory ideas

A fairer, happier and more equal country is possible – but only if the party in power actually wants to make it happen, writes academic and author David Edgerton

Treasury may have broken law by failing to reveal £9.5bn spend in Tory budget, MPs told

Head of OBR says spending commitment would have ‘materially changed’ its forecast on Jeremy Hunt’s pre-election budget

Gig economy firm under fire for telling restaurants they can avoid UK’s new tipping laws

Temper Works has promoted its gig workers to clients, saying they fall outside the legislation

Investment drives growth. That’s why gloomy forecasters are so wrong about the budget

The Office for Budget Responsibility’s extreme conservatism means it has woefully underestimated the impact of Labour’s public spending plans

Labour challenges Badenoch to back billions for public services and tax rises

Rachel Reeves throws down budget gauntlet to new Tory chief as party’s first black leader is congratulated on win

The Observer view: a bold budget that’s the right response to years of neglect

Rachel Reeves’s spending plans signal a welcome break with the past and underline the scale of the challenges facing Britain

Is austerity over? Will farmers lose out? Six big questions about Rachel Reeves’s budget

The Labour chancellor unveiled lots of plans for long-term investment. But there is plenty of lively debate about the immediate impact

Labour MPs welcome budget that ‘nails colours to the mast’

Rayner celebrates ‘bold political vision’ of Reeves’ policies, though markets and farmers are less keen

UK still suffering from trauma of Liz Truss, says Treasury minister

Darren Jones says ‘we’ve all got PTSD’ from Truss’s 2022 mini-budget, amid market jitters after this week’s budget

Two-thirds of bosses feel negatively about budget, Reeves is told

Warning from Institute of Directors comes as ratings agency Moody’s says budget will do little to improve growth

Rachel Reeves’s most irritating manifesto fudge: private equity’s tax loophole

Labour said it would bring taxation of performance-related pay in the industry in line with others – but the chancellor had a change of heart