Octopus Energy denies it is anti-union as GMB pushes for recognition for workers

Union says that as a top-rated ethical company, UK’s largest energy firm should welcome its involvement

Healey urged to be bold on borrowing in first test of Burnham’s growth pledge

Some want the chancellor to exploit newly flexible fiscal rules – others want a more creative approach, such as borrowing from markets

Council wants pubs in London’s Soho and West End to limit standing

Sadiq Khan criticises Westminster council’s ‘anti-growth policies’ after it recommends stopping ‘vertical drinking’

‘Leicester Square, please guv’: Self-driving taxis cleared for London streets ‘later this summer’

Wayve Uber wins first minicab licence for autonomous cabs from TfL but vehicles will have a safety driver (at first)

Bank battle: history suggests Burnham faces fight if he opts for windfall tax

As lenders’ profits soar, calls grow for a levy to help new PM ease cost of living pressures on households

BP boss urges Burnham to prioritise UK oil and gas even as firm exits North Sea

Meg O’Neill says ‘where we generate jobs, we generate tax revenue’, as company’s profits more than double

Labour members ‘have tougher view on welfare than you might think’, poll suggests

Survey finds party members see health, the economy, cost of living and climate crisis among biggest challenges

Calls for UK bank tax to fund cost of living help as HSBC profits hit £7.5bn

Levy could raise £19bn to help pay for Andy Burnham’s support for those struggling with bills, say campaigners

Apple launches legal challenge against UK government demand to access data

The Home Office has made a fresh request for ‘back door’ access to encrypted iCloud data belonging to British users

Healey’s profiteering warning on food and fuel risks row with retailers

Chancellor says the government wants to prevent shoppers being ‘taken for a ride’ at the pump or till

Why Andy Burnham’s devolution pledge will be tricky to deliver

Sharing income tax with England’s regional mayors could tackle inequality but many councils are ill-equipped for an enlarged role

Turn failing water firms into not-for-profit cooperatives, MPs and mayors tell PM

Labour politicians say mutualised model puts public in control without adding debt to government’s balance sheet

The tangled financial web at the heart of Reform UK

Nigel Farage’s £5m gift, the Cottrell family’s links and donations, and Richard Tice’s business dealings form part of an increasingly clear nexus of relationships

Healey sets budget for late October, promising to ‘spread money and power’ around UK

Chancellor will have to find money for Burnham’s policies while sticking to fiscal rules as borrowing costs rise

The Guardian view on ‘kidulthood’: Britain prices young adults out of independent life

Editorial: More young people live with parents as low wages, insecure work and unaffordable housing turn family support into another source of inequality