Sadiq Khan aims to add £100bn to London’s economy by 2035

Capital’s mayor wants return to productivity growth, which has struggled to recover from 2008 financial crisis

United Utilities boss admits water firm ‘isn’t good enough at stopping sewage dumping’

Louise Beardmore, boss at England’s worst-polluting firm, tells MPs pollution rise partly down to extra monitors and wet weather

Grenfell Tower: seven organisations face debarment from government contracts

Possible action comes as ministers announce plans to improve building safety and strengthen accountability

Room for both Heathrow and Gatwick to expand, says airport boss

Heathrow CEO calls for third runway guarantees and says plans should not be affected if Gatwick scheme approved

The Guardian view on Starmer’s aid cuts: they won’t buy security, but they will undermine it

Editorial: Labour’s ‘pragmatism’ isn’t neutral – it locks the party into fiscal caution, reinforcing stagnation and fuelling the very instability it seeks to avoid

Labour losing support fastest among voters worried over finances, study finds

Poverty charity urges Keir Starmer to focus on living standards instead of culture wars and immigration

Kate Bush and Damon Albarn among 1,000 artists on silent AI protest album

Recordings of empty studios represent impact on musicians of UK’s plans to let AI train on their work without permission

Tax changes will force us to cut staff, say UK hospitality companies

Two-thirds of businesses surveyed by trade bodies say jobs will go as they urge government to delay changes

Britain’s net zero economy is booming, CBI says

Green sector growing at triple the rate of the UK economy, providing high-wage jobs and increasing energy security

UK ministers head to India in search of trade deal they hope will boost economy

Business secretary says negotiations – now in their 15th round – are a ‘top priority’ for Labour government

Keir Starmer pledges £200m for Grangemouth oil refinery site

Unions have accused UK government of failing to act quickly enough to save jobs, but Labour says it took time to build credible proposal

‘Real anger’: Labour can expect hostile reception at farmers’ annual gathering

UK food producers plan more protests over inheritance tax changes ahead of this week’s NFU conference in London

Labour’s revolution of local government will be seismic but won’t be straightforward

Bucket-loads of political capital and cash will be used to reconfigure English councils’ two-tier set-up, but the benefits could be huge

How UK and EU could find more money for defence without spooking the markets

There is political agreement that Britain and Europe need to increase military spending. But in straitened times, how can it be done?

Creative industries are among the UK’s crown jewels – and AI is out to steal them

The tech firms’ efforts to change copyright laws and gain free access to intellectual property is patently wrong