Starmer enters parallel universe as red carpet rolled out in India amid trade deal
UK PM greeted by thousands of posters of his face in Mumbai after clinching deal, despite torrid month back home
Starmer praises Trump’s Gaza ceasefire deal – but avoids Nobel prize backing
Breakthrough in Gaza possible thanks to US president’s leadership, says prime minister during India trade visit
UK Treasury tells ministers not to expect bailouts from its reserve fund
Departments told to manage their own cost pressures as finance ministry seeks to curb overuse of contingency fund
Keir Starmer to look at India’s digital ID system during visit to Mumbai
Prime minister hopes to learn from success of scheme rolled out to most of country’s 1.4bn citizens
NHS could pay 25% more for medicines under plan to end row with drugmakers and Trump
UK ministers preparing to raise payments to end standoff with pharma industry, cited as reason for firms axing British investments
Tory plan to abolish stamp duty ‘will benefit London and the wealthiest the most’ – as it happened
The Social Market Foundation thinktank says council tax reform and a property-based tax would be more sustainable and fairer
UK opens up more driving test slots to help reduce backlog
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency says learners booking tests earlier has contributed to rising demand
Rachel Reeves given extra £3bn for budget after VAT error fixed
ONS says public borrowing estimates have been out by £200m-£500m a month since January
Badenoch unveils ‘golden rule’ to use half of spending cuts to reduce deficit
Conservative leader aims to rebuild party’s economic credibility after it was torched by her predecessors
Lifetime of earnings not enough for UK workers to join wealthiest 10%, report says
Research finds it would take average worker saving all their earnings for 52 years to match wealth of richest 10th of society
Nearly two thirds of Tory members want pact with Reform, poll suggests, with close to half supporting full merger – as it happened
Half of Tory members also want Kemi Badenoch to be replaced as Conservative leader
France is in crisis but bond markets leave other governments at risk of meltdown too
Investors rattled by resignation of French PM but country is not alone in trying to grapple with political maths
Tories say people denied benefits in UK can return to home countries
Mel Stride outlines plans to slash £47bn a year from public spending, including £23bn welfare cut
Tax authorities examine finances of key Nigel Farage ally
Exclusive: HMRC conducts scoping exercise into Reform UK backer ‘Posh George’ Cottrell’s income from business and wealth
Rachel Reeves’s second budget needs a narrative of fairness to justify tax rises
The chancellor should reach for the language of solidarity and social justice that this government tends to recoil from