UK inflation rise makes it clear: the cost of living crisis has not gone away Analysts say pressure will be on Bank to keep interest rates higher for longer, as consumers’ mood stays gloomy
Wednesday briefing: Why Labour wants to cut financial red tape – and why critics fear that risks a new crisis In today’s newsletter: Rachel Reeves has announced the ‘biggest financial regulation reforms in a decade’ – but are they enough to spark the economy?
HMRC criticised by watchdog for failing to track billionaires’ tax Report comes as government faces growing demands for wealth tax to improve health of public finances after welfare U-turn earlier this month
Tread carefully with reform of bank ringfencing, chancellor Ditching the regulation in its entirety risks another financial crisis. Stamp duty on shares remains the background drag
Reeves says rules and red tape are ‘boot on the neck’ of business At the Mansion House dinner she calls for regulators to allow more risk to clear the way for economic growth
BAE Systems says it is ‘confident’ of receiving orders for Typhoon jets Unite union had raised concerns over roughly 500 jobs in assembly lines due to a lack of future export orders
FTSE 100 breaks 9,000-point barrier to reach new high London’s blue-chip index has risen 10% in 2025 helped by investor flight from US stocks amid Trump’s trade policies
Reeves unveils City strategy aimed at cutting red tape and fuelling UK growth ‘Leeds Reforms’ include streamlined accountability for senior bankers and a campaign to get more consumers investing in stock market
Reeves to say cuts to City red tape will bring trickle-down benefits to households Chancellor to announce raft of deregulation changes as City regulators move to pare back transparency rules
UK’s clean electricity growing too slowly to meet climate targets, report says UK’s energy system operator forecasts emissions a third over target by 2035, in second official warning in a month
UK politics: Tories’ energy policy shows they are ‘anti-science, anti-jobs, anti-future’ Miliband tells MPs – as it happened Energy secretary says it is not clear if opposition have any net zero policy
UK government announces £63m funding for EV charging infrastructure Transport secretary promises to make buying electric cars ‘easier and cheaper’ as £700m subsidy package prepared
Why Labour should target happiness alongside economic growth With the UK still shaking off the psychological side-effects of Covid, Rachel Reeves might want to broaden her aims
‘An enormous scar’: the battle over solar farms and pylons as Reform UK takes aim at net zero In the fourth part of a series, we look at how climate orthodoxy is coming under fire in Lincolnshire
Trump’s 10% tariff on most UK goods ‘here to stay’, says Lord Mandelson British ambassador to US believes universal levy unlikely to change but there is ‘scope’ for negotiations in some sectors