Ed Miliband approves UK’s biggest solar farm at Lincolnshire site

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

Soaring bills are the gift that keeps on giving for Reform. Shame Labour doesn’t have the guts to do anything about them

A cost of living crisis is not inevitable if there is the will to stop companies extracting profits from Britain’s essential services, says Mathew Lawrence of the Common Wealth thinktank

Young people are biggest victims of UK’s fragile jobs market

Firms too scared to take a chance on youngsters when taxes and minimum wages are higher, expert says

UK labour market shows signs of stabilising after job losses

Unemployment rate rises slightly to 4.8% but ONS says falls in payroll numbers and vacancies are levelling off

UK retail sales growth cools amid fears over budget tax rises

Inflation also hitting sales, says industry body, as Barclays says credit card spending fell in September

Blair’s former policy chief Matthew Taylor to lead Fair Work Agency

Author of influential report on the gig economy says new watchdog can make progress on workers’ rights

IFS warns Rachel Reeves against ‘half-baked dash for revenue’

Thinktank says UK could raise significant funds by tackling some of the longstanding ‘inefficiency and unfairness’ in tax system

William Hill owner says it could shut shops if Reeves raises gambling taxes

Evoke considering the plans before expected tax increases in budget, with up to 1,500 jobs potentially affected

UK ministers take control of £10bn Lower Thames Crossing

Exclusive: National Highways Agency stripped of oversight with project handed to DfT amid Labour government drive for growth

Tony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted dinner giving tech bosses access to UK minister

Exclusive: Six tech leaders dined with investment minister, documents reveal, underlining growing influence of ex-PM’s consultancy

Rachel Reeves v the OBR: chancellor aims to loosen the watchdog’s grip

Labour embraced the forecaster’s powerful role, but now finds itself scrambling in the face of gloomy projections

Rachel Reeves looks for extra headroom in budget to insulate UK economy against bond market

Chancellor hopes to raise enough funds to stop damaging speculation about breaching fiscal rules

We all know Brexit’s to blame for the crisis facing UK steel – it’s time for politicians to be honest and reverse it

With British industry faltering, the excuse that the public wants this is risible. Parliament must force Starmer to act, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Rishi Sunak takes advisory roles with Microsoft and AI firm Anthropic

Former UK prime minister told post-ministerial jobs watchdog roles would not involve lobbying or UK policy influence

Pub later-hours plan will not offset costs and wider difficulties, say landlords

Sector is sceptical over government licensing proposals given ‘ever-rising costs’ and ‘reduced consumer spend’