Keir Starmer milks his stock answer for all it’s worth: ‘£22bn black hole’

The Labour leader may not have the charisma, or the punchlines, but he has a secret weapon – sincerity

UK economy unexpectedly flatlines for second month in row

Pre-election slowdown continues in July despite economists predicting growth of 0.2%

Why did Starmer cut the winter fuel allowance? It’s called Treasury brain – and that spells trouble

It has struck again, the notorious syndrome that causes Chancellors to identify cost savings that look ingenious on a spreadsheet but turn out stupid in the real world, says Guardian column Rafael Behr

Reeves announces £8bn UK investment by Amazon’s cloud computing arm

Chancellor says move will create as many as 14,000 jobs at firm’s datacentres and in a range of other industries

The Guardian view on Labour’s strategy: focus on fixing Britain, not fiscal deficits

Editorial: Ministers have much bigger problems to deal with than principled dissent, and that’s where the government’s attention should be directed

Remainder of year’s water bills will pay dividends and service debts, say campaigners

We Own It says 31% of water bills went on shareholder payouts and company debts in last financial year, while the same percentage of 2024 remains

Reeves urged to make tax changes ‘to raise more than £20bn a year’

Resolution Foundation suggests proposals on capital gains tax, inheritance tax and national insurance

Future pay deals will be shaped by tough decisions, Starmer to tell TUC

PM expected to make clear in key Brighton speech that he will not risk economic stability ‘under any circumstances’

The Guardian view on Keynesian naivety: workers must be able to bargain for a fair share

Editorial: As the TUC annual conference begins, new figures from the UN show why productivity growth doesn’t naturally benefit everyone

Treasury has tried to push previous chancellors to means-test winter fuel allowance

Policy ‘always shot down immediately’ by Tories but was part of prepared series of options presented to Rachel Reeves, insiders say

EU ‘needs €800bn-a-year spending boost to avert agonising decline’

Report by Mario Draghi calls for additional investment to regain growth and prevent social unrest

Up to 50 Labour MPs could rebel over cut to winter fuel allowance

Dozens said to be considering abstaining from Tuesday’s vote over pensioners’ payments, as PM says dealing with dissent is ‘matter for chief whip’

They talk about tough choices: they mean cuts. Is Labour on the side of working people or not?

Ahead of tomorrow’s TUC conference, we need to know if ministers are prepared to break with austerity or if they are stuck in the past, says Unite general secretary Sharon Graham

Oasis fans are angry but dynamic pricing benefits consumers too

The price mechanism is an effective if brutal route to cheap flights abroad and, Labour hopes, affordable housing

More than a million British workers not having a single day of paid time off, says TUC

Employees have lost out on holiday pay worth £2bn, according to new trade union research