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

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’