UK government borrowing costs fall to lowest level since July

Boost for Rachel Reeves as bond yield falls while she considers tax rises and spending cuts in budget

Cardiff becomes first UK council to impose higher parking charges on larger vehicles

Premium charge aims to combat steep rise in SUVs and other larger vehicles which are ‘a danger to other road users’

Manufacturing and health sectors boost growth but ONS revises down figures for July

Chancellor adds she wants to ‘get the balance right’ and not deter wealthy people from making the UK their home

Taxpayers have been footing bill for loss-making company since April as minister acknowledges threat of EU tariffs

Lobbyists attended 48% more meetings than Tories, as Labour accused of giving them ‘backstage pass’

In today’s newsletter: The chancellor begins to lay the groundwork ahead of next month’s big speech

Thinktank urges chancellor to take ‘bold’ action on benefits and pensions to placate jittery financial markets

Chancellor hints at rises and calls out past ‘scaremongering’ over VAT on private schools and changes to non-doms

PM says he intends to publish statements in full and blames previous government for failure of the case

Exclusive: Impact of austerity cannot be undone by end of parliament despite above-inflation funding, analysis finds

Ratio would be highest since aftermath of second world war, with UK among G20 countries forecast to peak above

Chancellor also blames austerity and ‘ongoing impact of Liz Truss mini-budget’ for growing shortfall in public finances

Editorial: Labour is misreading the economics – leaving it unable to deal with the G7’s worst inflation and flat living standard

Tillbridge solar farm will be built in county where Reform UK’s anti-renewables agenda has rising support