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

The Guardian view on Labour party conference: continuity or real change? It’s time to choose

Editorial: A grim audit of the Tory legacy was necessary but it has crowded out optimism. Keir Starmer must redress the balance

Fear and sanctions have failed to get Britain working. Why not try tea and empathy?

A radical rebrand will get people off benefits and into training and work, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Interest rates ‘on path down’ despite hold at 5%, Bank of England chief says

Bank voted on Thursday not to change borrowing costs – but Andrew Bailey says cuts likely to resume

Why is the Bank of England being cautious in delaying rate cuts?

While the UK is far from overheating, the MPC still sees inflationary dynamics within the economy

With inflation staying at 2.2%, will Bank of England cut interest rates this week?

CPI rise is below expectations for second month running, but Bank knows headline figure is far from the whole story

UK inflation stays at 2.2% as lower petrol prices offset by higher air fares

Annual rate in August unchanged, and hovering above Bank of England’s 2% target

Exodus from workforce costs UK ‘£16bn a year’ in lost tax receipts

Institute for Employment Studies says UK has 800,000 fewer people in work or looking for work since before Covid

Starmer ‘very interested’ in Italy’s plan to offshore asylum applications in Albania, says Meloni – as it happened

UK to contribute £4m to Italian project on irregular migration, PM announces

Spare a thought for poor Ireland – forced to collect €13bn from Apple against its will

For decades, US corporations have been enticed to funnel profits through the country – will this court decision disrupt our cosy little setup, asks writer and historian Jack Sheehan

The Guardian view on Labour’s economics: relax those fiscal rules

Editorial: Keir Starmer made exacting promises on borrowing. Now he either breaks them – or makes more cuts and bleeds popularity

One more item on Labour’s long to-do list: repair the UK aid budget

Action is needed to restore the damage done by the Tories to Britain’s international reputation