‘I feel invisible’: over-50s reveal harsh realities of trying to get a job

Candidates describe feelings of rejection after submitting hundreds of applications but getting a handful of interviews

All smiles in Strasbourg but uncertainty clouds Canada’s EU membership plan

Although Mark Carney welcomed offer to become bloc’s first associate member, no one seems to know what that means

Khan addresses Polanski in Urdu at London assembly, mocking Green leader’s byelection video – as it happened

It comes after the Green leader, who is standing as a candidate in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection, recorded a campaign video in Urdu

The Bank of England is shaking up its bond sales – why does it matter?

The UK central bank has announced shakeup of its bond sales programme as it unwinds massive balance sheet

UK government borrowing costs fall as Bank of England outlines new bond-selling plan – as it happened

BoE lays out proposal to sell UK bonds back to the government, and wind up the asset purchase scheme launched after the GFC

Burnham’s talk of ‘breathing space’ at odds with reality of future Bank rate rises

PM’s push to cut cost of living threatened by rising inflation and government borrowing costs as geopolitics hit home

Bank of England holds interest rates at 3.75% but warns war could force future rises

Central bank announces surprise plan to sell billions of pounds in government bonds back to the Treasury

IMF urges Australian government to cut spending as another interest rate hike looms

Warning comes as forecast for nation’s economic growth downgraded amid concerns over rising debt and inflation

Burnham warns of ‘difficult decisions’ in budget as inflation rises to 3.1%

PM rejects claim he leads a ‘tax-and-spend’ government, as Bank of England prepares for interest rates decision

UK rents accelerate as London house prices fall, and inflation rises to 3.1% – as it happened

Soaring motor fuel costs have pushed UK inflation to a five-month high in August

Reform-linked thinktank ‘to call for big tax cuts for the rich’

Centre for a Better Britain will urge abolishing inheritance tax and phasing out capital gains tax, report says

Carney says Canada will pursue ‘unique security and economic alliance’ with EU amid US trade spat

Prime minister speaks of strengthening Canada’s economic and political ties to Europe at Canada Investment Summit

The Guardian view on the Bank of England’s £120bn bill: power without accountability

Editorial: Quantitative tightening has blurred the line between monetary and fiscal policy, leaving ministers accountable for decisions they cannot directly control

UK retirees with no other income will not pay tax on new £13,000 state pension, No 10 says

Average wages rose by 3.9% in three months to July, signalling pensioners will receive uplift of same percentage in 2027 under triple lock

Bank of England urged to slow or halt bond-selling to slash UK borrowing costs

Economists urge John Healey to press Bank to change policy that is costing the exchequer billions of pounds