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‘Davos on the Mersey’: key conference takeaways as Labour tries to woo business

As the budget looms, where the party stands on investment in the UK economy, workers’ rights and more

Trump scapegoats migrants again at Georgia event meant to discuss economy

Republican nominee spews falsehoods about undocumented immigrants to Savannah crowd’s delight

Business leaders raise concerns over flagship Labour investment summit

Scheduling of event two weeks before budget in late October criticised at party conference as ‘wrong way round’

Labour has been overdoing the doom and gloom – but now Reeves has given us a glimpse of sunshine

Though the freebies scandal soured the start of conference, the party can regain the moral high ground, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Starmer to strike more upbeat note as Treasury plots spending boost

In first conference speech as PM, Labour leader will defend tough rhetoric but say there is light at the end of the tunnel

The Guardian view on Rachel Reeves’ speech: when troubling evidence can’t be wished away

Editorial: The chancellor suggested that she might need to rewrite her fiscal rules. That would be a good thing

Labour conference: Cutting winter fuel payments ‘right decision’, says Reeves, as No 10 says no change to council tax discount for single people – as it happened

Chancellor says £22bn gap in current spending budget and state pension rise meant she had to make decision on means-testing fuel payments

Reeves packs up her troubles until budget day and smiles, smiles, smiles

The chancellor beamed her way through a conference speech that offered hope at least but little of substance

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

Reeves pledges increased government spending and no return to austerity

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

Greens may bristle at comparison but their RBA interest rate cut ultimatum is Trumpist

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

Labour conference: No 10 braced for potential defeat on winter fuel allowance vote as trade unions set to back motion – as it happened

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

Corporate UK tax breaks to cost £20bn more than they generate, study finds

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

Labour should ditch doom and gloom message for one of economic renewal

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

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