Labour says firms will be penalised for late payments to suppliers

Government drive to support small business will include startup loans for 69,000 companies worth £4bn

Bank of England governor blocks Rachel Reeves’s Revolut meeting

Concerns about chancellor’s involvement in independent process over fintech’s banking licence

Reopening of South Crofty mine, which closed in 1998, could create 1,300 jobs for region

PM could raise ‘tens of billions’ while positioning Britain as progressive, say Thomas Piketty and others

Hedge fund chief Ray Dalio warns over public finances, saying Britain will be forced into spending cuts and tax rises

Lords ‘doing bidding of bad bosses’, says TUC, amid growing campaign by business leaders to water down Labour’s plans

Department says no redundancies as a result but sources believe jobs will go in push to cut posts and overhaul railways

Financial crisis of 2008 should not be forgotten as reinflation of banking industry could hurt other priority sectors

Exclusive: London-based firm with heavyweight backing received £3.3m loan from Treasury fund for start-ups

New government measures will also require developers to soundproof flats and apartments near existing venues

Chancellor is advised to give herself more leeway in the next budget before adjusting taxation or spending

Move comes as South Cambridgeshire becomes first UK local authority to vote to make work pattern permanent

Charlie Nunn says higher taxation would be inconsistent with chancellor’s drive for growth

For Britain, this is a much-needed post-Brexit boost, and for India it shows decades of protectionism are in the past

Chancellor under pressure to recruit new experts as John Van Reenen and Anna Valero return to academia