Tony Blair’s thinktank urges Labour to scrap ‘unaffordable’ pension triple lock

State pension was ‘built for a different era’, says former PM’s organisation amid pressure on government finances

Why Bank kept interest rates on hold despite message for UK to brace itself for Trumpflation

The reasons are hardly comforting, pointing to the weakness of a battered economy in the face of this latest crisis

Why is Britain’s economy so stuck? It’s the tension between what voters want and what the bond markets allow

There is no such thing as the Bond Dealers party, but there might as well be – the people who trade in UK debt exert a stranglehold over our politics, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

Rachel Reeves’s plan to mandate how pension funds invest was always a mistake

You can understand the motivation – more UK investment by UK funds means faster UK growth – but fiduciary duty trumps all

AstraZeneca makes surprise U-turn with £300m pharma investment in UK

Drugmaker had stalled large-scale projects in England but has now pledged investment at two sites, announced by Keir Starmer

Exclusive: Nigel Farage was given undisclosed £5m by crypto billionaire in 2024

Reform leader changed his mind about standing as MP after gift from Thai-based crypto tycoon Christopher Harborne

Rachel Reeves’s tax shake-up: time to plan ahead, from Isas to self-assessment

The chancellor’s changes will come into force in April 2027, affecting everyone from savers to landlords and sole traders. Experts advise you to act now

Shares in buy-to-let mortgage lenders fall after report Reeves plans rent freeze

FTSE 250 firms Paragon and OSB Group, owner of Kent Reliance and Precise Mortgages, slide on London Stock Exchange

Rachel Reeves’s fiscal rules buffer should be ‘significantly larger’, say peers

Peers say chancellor and recent predecessors have allowed themselves too little room for manoeuvre

UK urged to deploy EU-style ‘trade bazooka’ against Trump’s tariffs

‘Inadequate economic security’ is putting growth and jobs at risk, says British Chambers of Commerce

Royal Mail investigating claims that postal worker ‘binned Reform UK election leaflets’

Message on private Facebook group for staff said: ‘I dumped them all in a bin. They can sack me!’

Britain risks undermining the care workers it depends on

Labour’s immigration plans tear up the promise made to 300,000 people recruited for a sector in crisis

Dozens of MPs oppose Streeting’s new power to say what NHS pays for drugs

Health secretary’s ‘power grab’ to override Nice comes amid growing concern move may be illegal and benefit big pharma

Unlucky chancellor? Iran shock hits Reeves just as UK seemed to turn corner

The economy and public finances were on the right path, bond yields were falling, interest rates likely to drop further … then came the US-Israeli attack

Trump says he will ‘probably put a big tariff on the UK’ if it doesn’t drop digital services tax

President accuses Britain of trying to ‘make an easy buck’ from American tech firms, weeks after warning UK–US trade deal can be changed