Rachel Reeves sticks to script and saves big changes for next month’s budget

Conference speech was light on detail and not the pivot away from doom and gloom that critics wanted

Reserve Bank expected to leave interest rate untouched for seventh meeting in a row

Economic activity was ‘a little bit softer’ than central bank had predicted, one expert notes, but a rate cut still seems unlikely

Chancellor does not rule out real-term cuts to some government departments, amid concern about sombre approach

No government institution is entirely at arm’s length, but an intervention by Jim Chalmers would likely be calamitous

Unison and GMB understood to be likely to back motion to reverse policy

Exclusive: Relief rolled out in 2023 will cost £30bn in taxes but spur only up to £10.5bn investment, analysis shows

Before first conference speech by a Labour chancellor for 15 years, downbeat tune may have been overcooked

Editorial: A grim audit of the Tory legacy was necessary but it has crowded out optimism. Keir Starmer must redress the balance

A radical rebrand will get people off benefits and into training and work, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Bank voted on Thursday not to change borrowing costs – but Andrew Bailey says cuts likely to resume

While the UK is far from overheating, the MPC still sees inflationary dynamics within the economy

CPI rise is below expectations for second month running, but Bank knows headline figure is far from the whole story

Annual rate in August unchanged, and hovering above Bank of England’s 2% target

Institute for Employment Studies says UK has 800,000 fewer people in work or looking for work since before Covid

UK to contribute £4m to Italian project on irregular migration, PM announces