Reshuffle gymnastics prepare Starmer to walk tricky budget tightrope
Economists say new team could help push back against Treasury but PM needs to spell out what he stands for
Downing Street shake-up: who’s in and who’s out at No 10
Departures and new hires expected to give PM more direct oversight of delivery of key government priorities
Starmer cannot have armoured electric Range Rover ‘because of bomb risk’
Jaguar Land Rover says ‘required safety levels cannot be achieved’ for EVs so PM must to stick to petrol version
Reeves says Thames Water should find ‘market-based solution’
Chancellor aims to reassure creditors but says ministers are planning for all options including special administration
GPS pay-as-you-go rail tickets to be trialled in England for first time
East Midlands passengers to check in for travel on their phones and will be automatically charged the best fares at the end of day
Norway signs £10bn deal for anti-submarine warships built in UK
MoD says agreement will support 4,000 jobs and ‘significantly strengthen Nato’s northern flank’
Rachel Reeves is under immense pressure. She must not waste her chance to ‘go big’
Chancellor needs to reform an out-of-kilter tax system without alienating voters or spooking financial markets
‘All the power is with the employer’: why zero-hours workers welcome Labour’s rights bill
Critics of the legislation want the government to water it down, but for many employees change can’t come too soon
‘Really transitional moment’: what should we do about declining fertility rates?
As fertility rate hits all-time low in England and Wales, is there cause for concern for the economy and services?
Rayner set to hit English councils that block new housing with tougher sanctions
Local authorities could be forced to approve new developments or risk giving planning control to Whitehall
Starmer names former Bank deputy governor as his chief economic adviser
Minouche Shafik quit Columbia University after controversy over anti-Israel protests on New York campus
‘Just hysteria’: UK faces a crisis but the IMF bailout talk is overblown
Despite sluggish growth and rising borrowing costs, most economists agree that Rachel Reeves doesn’t face a repeat of 1976
Treasury should tax big banks on quantitative easing windfalls, argues thinktank
IPPR says Rachel Reeves should also urge Bank to halt bond sales to reduce government losses of £22bn a year
Peer asked British diplomat to help Ghana goldmine in which he held shares
Exclusive: Richard Dannatt, who claimed assistance was ‘in the UK national interest’, may have broken lobbying rules
Mounjaro maker pauses orders of weight loss drug to UK
US firm Eli Lilly reportedly tells British wholesalers to stop taking orders as demand soars before September price rise