‘Billionaires’ bonanza’: Labour derides Reform plan to offer tax exemptions to wealthy

Nigel Farage defends policy to top up poorest workers from £250,000 ‘landing fee’ on rich UK newcomers

Economic policymaking needs to adapt to the climate emergency

Tackling inflation from companies raising prices during cost shocks requires more than adjusting interest rates

In the first in a series, the Guardian maps out the rise in support for Farage and how parties are targeting the UK’s deindustrialised areas

Groceries Code Adjudicator calls on suppliers to share their experiences of working with Amazon

Research warns poorer governments prioritising debt payments over essential development spending

May figure second highest for month on record amid fears chancellor is struggling to keep within spending rules

Analysts say households are remaining cautious under ‘dark shadow of inflation’

UK central bank split 6-3 on interest rate decision, and warns that escalating Middle East conflict is pushing up energy prices

Lower interest rates will be a lever for growth but the Middle East conflict and rising food prices will have troubled MPC

Governor says rates still on downward path but hard to predict timing of reductions in ‘highly unpredictable’ world

Blockage of strait of Hormuz, through which about 25% of world’s oil passes, could shock energy market, says Wael Sawan

Royal College of Physicians also says poor air quality costs country more than £500m a week

Hours before the decision, the president called the Fed’s chair, Jerome Powell, ‘stupid’ for anticipated rate hold

Heidi Alexander vows to ‘sort out’ HS2 project which is delayed beyond 2033; UK inflation dips to 3.4%

Annual rate slows in May from 3.5% in April despite record increase in chocolate prices