SNP avoids early election as it wins backing for budget at Holyrood

Scottish parliament supports minority government’s tax and spending plans after intensive negotiations

In this Trump era of shakedown diplomacy, everything has a price

Friends and allies of the US president will say his recent tariff threats delivered quick wins, but he may find there are no winners in a trade war

Trump is willing to wreck the world economy. The global fightback must start now

Britain is less vulnerable to US tariffs than other nations, but shares a historic responsibility. A recession would mean dark days for everyone, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Starmer’s EU dinner date a big moment in tricky tightrope act

Domestically and on the world stage, the PM faces a series of challenges as he seeks to reset post-Brexit relations

How Donald Trump’s trade tariffs could affect the UK

From rising gilt yields to higher inflation, the UK may suffer indirectly from US tariffs

Trump’s tariffs could have grim knock-on effects for UK’s economy

British policymakers watch nervously, fearing a weaker pound and inflation even if US tariffs are not applied directly

Heathrow expansion puts the government on the flight path to years of trouble and strife

On top of the added levels of noise and air pollution, there’s the non-trivial matter of demolishing hundreds of homes, diverting several waterways and rerouting a long stretch of the M25

Give Rachel Reeves’s plan for UK growth a chance

The chancellor’s growth speech was not perfect – but it is a start after decades of underinvestment in Britain

Stats chief to face MPs amid concerns UK economic data is ‘virtually unusable’

Head of ONS Prof Sir Ian Diamond summoned days after review of statistics widened

I’m a Labour MP – but the government’s ‘growth’ mission reeks of panic

The decision to expand Heathrow is just the latest evidence that my party is chasing policies that serve profit, not people, says Labour MP Clive Lewis

Labour’s plan for ‘growth’ won’t take off, but it will leave ordinary people behind

We used to call this ‘trickle-down economics’, and we learned a long time ago that it is a myth, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

We survived Rachel Reeves’s ‘exciting plans’, but newts and bats may not

The chancellor ploughed on through 48 minutes of talking about growth, as others zoned out. ‘Be happy!’ she yelled

Reeves’s growth plans ‘exactly what economy needs’ say UK business groups – as it happened

Prime minister faced MPs in Commons after chancellor backed runway expansion at Heathrow

Will Rachel Reeves’s plan for economic growth work?

The chancellor has made an assault on the barriers, but the uncertain global backdrop is out of her hands

Rachel Reeves backs Heathrow third runway in bid to drive UK growth

In economic growth speech, chancellor says move would make UK ‘world’s best-connected place to do business’