Ed Miliband abandons plan to charge less for electricity in Scotland

Energy minister decides against ‘zonal pricing’ backed by Octopus founder but opposed by many other energy firms

Post Office Horizon IT scandal: five things we learned from the report

We look at what volume one of the inquiry report describes as the ‘disastrous’ human impact

Macron tells UK parliament that Europe must end its dependency on the US and China – as it happened

The French president is addressing parliament on the first day of his state visit to the UK

Rishi Sunak takes advisory role with Goldman Sachs while serving as MP

Conservative former PM to be restricted from lobbying government for another year and will give salary to charity

UK public finances on ‘unsustainable’ path amid growing climate, debt and pension costs

Office for Budget Responsibility warns national debt on course to hit 270% of GDP by 2070 amid volatility

Billionaire Labour backer John Caudwell ‘nervous’ about Starmer

Exclusive: Phones 4u founder, who switched from the Tories, says wealth tax would be very destructive to growth

Flight of the non-doms: how worried should Labour be about the super-rich leaving the UK?

Reports say wealthy elite are leaving over tax changes – prompting a possible rethink by Rachel Reeves – but hard data is tricky to find

Liz Truss is long gone – but her fiscal meltdown still dictates every step Labour makes

A jittery No 10 now seeks the market’s approval for everything. The result? Cruel cuts and a fear of desperately needed public spending, says economist Max Mosley

Britons lacking good public transport more likely to feel lonely, UK study finds

Research finds correlation between car dependency and loneliness, particularly in rural towns

Home Office announces ‘nationwide blitz’ on asylum seekers taking jobs

Government under pressure on issue after stories of asylum seekers working illegally as takeaway delivery riders

Rachel Reeves says she cannot rule out autumn tax rises after ‘damaging’ week

Exclusive: Chancellor says she never considered resigning and warns ‘there are costs’ to welfare bill U-turn

How to balance the UK books: six options open to Rachel Reeves

From spending cuts to tax rises, we rank possible routes to plugging the gap caused by Labour’s welfare climbdown

Labour’s first year: from voter opinion to market reaction – in charts

After a turbulent week to round off its first year, how have the past 12 months panned out for Keir Starmer’s government?

‘An unjust transition’? Teesside locals divided over net zero after deindustrialisation

In the third in a series, the Guardian hears how Reform UK is targeting voters over green policies – which business says are bringing new jobs to the area

Reeves’s fearsome challenge: to balance backbenchers and bond markets

While the chancellor may have lost credibility among restive MPs, market moves suggest investors support her