Launch of East West Rail services to be delayed in row over guards on trains

Trains between Oxford and Milton Keynes put back to 2026 partly due to dispute, Chiltern Railways says

‘Out of touch’ hereditary peers criticised for voting against workers’ rights

Lords look ‘undemocratic and firmly against interest of working people’, say senior trade union and Labour figures

Back-of-an envelope calculations by Kemi Badenoch, Mel Stride and Nigel Farage are nothing but political fever dreams

David Zahn of Franklin Templeton said bond yields could rise in response to chancellor’s fiscal plans and government would have to react

Which? study of ChatGPT, Copilot and others uncovers incorrect and misleading tips on investments, tax and insurance

Patrick Vallance says government trying to rebuild relations with pharma industry as he outlines life sciences ambition

Last year’s employer NICs increase and a weak economy are adding to tricky conditions for young people

Retreat from plans to increase income tax means Labour is unlikely to make system fairer and more coherent

Business secretary Peter Kyle says appeal of far-right parties like Reform due to ‘their dogma of disruption, division and despair’

One possible alteration was thought to be tax-free cash drawdowns, but the chancellor may have turned to salary sacrifice schemes

Survey finds 60% of key cities councils are planning to sell assets to meet costs of adult and children’s social care

Chancellor expected to freeze level at which people start paying income tax for two years rather than putting rates up

Switch in budget plan causes cost of UK government borrowing to rise by the most in a single day since early July

Chancellor spent weeks preparing the ground for breaking manifesto pledge but events this week appeared to change her mind

Fallout continues over budget income tax U-turn, with Treasury saying expected fiscal gap has dropped to £20bn