No 10 tells aggrieved ministers to make their departments more cost-efficient Warning comes after three cabinet members complain to Starmer about chancellor’s proposed budget cuts
Here’s a rabbit for the chancellor’s hat: scrap stamp duty on shares Getting rid of SDRT would pay for itself over time because other receipts would rise, abolitionists say
Cabinet ministers contest chancellor’s planned cuts to their departments Rachel Reeves aims to find £40bn in budget but several ministers have written to Keir Starmer about spending cuts
The Guardian view on Labour and tax: time to change the frame Editorial: The chancellor will not win support for her budget without a courageous defence of public services funded by collective contribution
No 10 rejects claim Labour misled voters about tax plans in manifesto – as it happened Labour set out plans to raise taxes by £7.3bn in its manifesto – but Treasury briefing suggests £40bn in tax rises and spending cuts needed
Rachel Reeves tells cabinet UK still faces £100bn black hole over next five years Chancellor’s words will be interpreted as signal she will not give in to ministers over cuts she imposes in budget
Starmer calls it slashing ‘red tape’. In fact, he’s just capitulating to big business Labour is promoting the idea of a trade-off between regulation and growth. We know where that ends, says Balanced Economy Project’s Nicholas Shaxson
Keir Starmer twice refuses to rule out rise in employers’ national insurance PM says it was ‘very clear’ in Labour manifesto that government would not raise taxes on working people
Tuesday briefing: How Keir Starmer pitched his vision of Britain to big business In today’s newsletter: At a summit in London on Monday, the prime minister tried to stir investment in Britain – here’s how it went
Elton John and Michelin meals: Labour pulls out all the stops to woo investors ‘You are pivotal to this great cause of our times,’ Keir Starmer tells global bosses in London as he targets wealth creation
Starmer tries – and fails – to keep up with the business in-crowd jargon When CEOs are dangling investment promises worth billions, all other promises get burned – and any ability to speak disappears
The Guardian view on Labour wooing private investors: don’t trade social protections for growth Editorial: If Labour is committed to championing ‘working people’, the British state must mediate between workers and capital, rejecting corporate dominance
Ministers will have to comply with tougher rules on declaring gifts, MPs told – as it happened Cabinet Office minister Ellie Reeves says Labour is closing ‘Tory freebies loophole’ over declaring hospitality
Rolling stock firm’s £80m dividend payout fuels calls for UK rail nationalisation Unions describe Porterbrook’s figures, despite downturn in wider rail industry’s revenues, as ‘shocking but unsurprising’
Elon Musk was not barred from UK investment summit, says cabinet minister SpaceX owner would be invited in future if he had investment streams the UK could bid for, says Peter Kyle