Rachel Reeves must rethink how tax and spend decisions are made after welfare U-turn

Binary rules and twice-yearly OBR forecasts have turned chancellor’s moves into grim spectator sport

‘It breaks my heart’: how a refinery closure is hitting jobs and politics

In the second in a series, the Guardian looks at how Grangemouth struggles as Reform UK hopes to win votes

Starmer still faces Labour anger over risk of ‘two-tier’ disability benefits

Rebel MPs will try to lay new amendment on Monday giving colleagues a chance to delay bill despite No 10 concessions

Reeves expected to freeze income tax thresholds to raise funds after welfare U-turn

Government’s concessions over welfare cuts leave chancellor with a growing hole in her budget

Local bus services in England still declining despite investment – report

National Audit Office questions viability of many routes, with half of all operator income from public subsidy

The Guardian view on Labour’s industrial turn: leaving finance untouched will come at a cost for the country

Editorial: Ministers promise a new economic direction, backing industry and clean energy, but old habits and powerful interests still shape the outcome

Ministers refuse to name companies that lobbied them over foreign ownership of UK newspapers

Revealed: Crossbench peers scrutinising proposed law change say they were told not to share companies involved

Rules that protect UK homeowners from repossessions may be scrapped

FCA boss says mortgage charter up for review amid pressure from the chancellor to remove red tape for firms

Post-Brexit Britain ‘too focused’ on major trade deals, ministers say

New strategy to focus on ‘more agile’ modest agreements, as opposed to wide-ranging deals

Universal theme park deal secured with UK pledge to spend £500m on transport

Attraction at site of former brickworks in Bedford could boost UK economy by £50bn and create 28,000 jobs

Lower electricity prices for industry are crucial, but the government’s plan lacks details

Jonathan Reynolds’s new strategy looks more like a sketch of plan than a fully worked-up scheme for the sector

Reeves calls for Middle East de-escalation amid oil price fears

Government announces plan to cut firms’ electricity bills as part of launch of its industrial strategy

UK industrial strategy: the key points – and what’s missing?

Plan to drive growth in eight sectors through measures such as trade support and cutting energy prices

‘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

UK government unveils £275m boost to training and apprenticeships in England

Labour makes funding centrepiece of its industrial strategy in bid to counter Reform’s surge in so-called red wall