Electronic shelf labels likely to cost jobs and drive up grocery prices, US report warns

AFL-CIO calls for ban on such labels to protect consumers and workers from surveillance pricing and job cuts

Ministers to put white working-class people in UK at heart of new equalities unit

Bridget Phillipson to announce creation of unit which will make class a key part of its equalities agenda

National Air Traffic Services apologise for technical issue disrupting departures today, which Flightradar24 say has caused hundreds of cancellations

High yields threaten to wipe out at least half of the £24bn headroom John Healey was expecting to have for his budget

Sarah Jones tells MPs ‘those responsible should expect to face the consequences’

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as JLR plans to cut almost one in 10 workers

Chancellor ducks questions on whether he will have to raise taxes but says he will stick firmly to fiscal rules

Beijing wants banks and insurers to bolster investment in stock market as it helps to replenish cash reserves

Global AC demand will inevitably accelerate as the world continues to warm amid the climate crisis

Bond market volatility means John Healey will have to take tough decisions, soon, if he wants to meet spending pledges

Like France, the UK has always been centralised – and imposing a new political structure brings huge risks

MPs applaud PM’s ambition and optimism but John Healey has yet to show he can match leader’s radical perspective

Chancellor says he wants to ensure country has ‘buffer’ against uncertainty as global bond yields hit 18-year high

From mortgages to inflation, concerns about the public finances of major economies have wide-reaching consequences

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as US economy adds 162,000 new jobs in August