Rachel Reeves requests urgent assessment of spending inheritance

MPs will hear assessment this month as new chancellor tries to pin blame on Tories for tough decisions ahead

Labour must stay ‘laser-focused’ on delivering growth, say business groups

CBI among a number of organisations to call for tough decisions that help companies to attract investment

Unite chief puts immediate pressure on Rachel Reeves to change fiscal rules

Sharon Graham says new chancellor has ‘not got time to wait for growth’ and needs to borrow to invest

HMRC withheld offshore tax avoidance figures for UK’s wealthy during election

Pressure on officials to publish estimate of offshore tax avoidance in almost £40bn of uncollected revenues

Former Tory minister may become Labour’s ‘planning tsar’

Approach made to Nick Boles as Starmer prepares to announce immediate changes to regulations

Markets left barely stirred by Labour’s thumping election win

The City is relaxed about a result that it expects to bring only modest change as the economic outlook improves

Labour landslide may boost investment and confidence in UK, say City analysts

Strong mandate for Keir Starmer’s party should help restore Britain’s ‘safe haven’ status, knocked by Liz Truss and Brexit

Obsession with growth is enriching elites and killing the planet. We need an economy based on human rights

Economic growth allows the few to grow ever-wealthier. Ending poverty and environmental catastrophe demands fresh thinking

She could soon be the UK’s first female chancellor – but who is Rachel Reeves?

The 45-year-old has the perfect CV for the role, with experience at the Bank of England and in private finance – but how has her background shaped her tough stance on public finances?

Sunak launches defence of Tories’ 14 years in power as campaign nears end

Prime minister reiterates stance that Britain’s economic problems are the result of Covid and war in Ukraine

Labour needs billions to fund its plans – and I know where it can be found

By harnessing the power of pension funds, it truly can become the party of growth

Next PM likely to inherit improved economy after UK growth revised up

Updated quarterly GDP confirms UK was fastest-growing economy in G7 with consumer confidence returning

How the ‘unforced error’ of austerity wrecked Britain

The Tories’ cuts were an obvious economic blunder, but their disastrous consequences are still piling up – and there is little hope Labour will reverse the damage

Labour to seek ‘stable position’ with Europe rather than reopen Brexit debate

Shadow business secretary says trying to rejoin single market or customs union would cause ‘more difficulties’

Sunak defends decision not to take immediate action against Tories in betting scandal – as it happened

Prime minister faces claim Tories are ‘stealing the candlesticks’ on the way out of government