Unite hits back at Starmer over Birmingham bin strike, questioning Labour’s backing for ‘working people’– UK politics live

Union says the government should intervene directly and force the council to settle the dispute

Wall Street tumbles again after China announces retaliatory 34% tariffs on US goods – business live

Global trade war escalates as Beijing hits back against Donald Trump with new tariffs on US goods

From Nike to Apple: which US brands could be hit hardest by Trump tariffs and what’s at stake?

Companies with suppliers in Asian countries are likely to have to raise prices after the US president’s measures

‘Scary times’: New York shopkeepers plan ‘astronomical’ price hikes under Trump tariffs

Small businesses that import goods brace for steep price increases that they have to pass on to their customers

China retaliates against Trump in trade war with 34% tariffs on US imports

Fears of global recession rise as stock markets continue to fall after China responds to US president’s ‘bullying practice’

‘Another nail in the coffin’: Germany’s car industry faces up to Trump’s tariffs

There are major concerns about the potentially ‘catastrophic’ impact US policy will have on vehicle makers

Japan-owned UK glass factory could shut if no buyer found, risking 250 jobs

Closure of Nippon Electric Glass plant would put further pressure on Rachel Reeves’s industrial strategy

Cost of Easter rises as UK chocolate, lamb and hot cross bun prices soar

Shoppers also face more ‘shrinkflation’ as manufacturers ‘try to offset rising production costs’

US added 228,000 jobs in March despite Trump’s deep cuts to federal workforce

Figure up from 117,000 jobs added in February, far higher than expected, as unemployment rose slightly to 4.2%

‘Only job I know’: tiny Lesotho’s garment workers reel from Trump’s 50% tariffs

Impoverished African country is hit with highest tariff rate at 50%, overturning decades of global trade policy

Are Trump’s tariffs for real or an AI hallucination? I’m afraid the answer is both

Amid claims that a chatbot helped shape the key calculations, the president is now off playing golf. He’ll find the world economy in a bunker, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

‘Everyone is affected’: UK town with Jaguar Land Rover plant reacts to Trump’s tariffs

In Solihull, where the factory employs 9,000 workers, there are fears for an ailing industry and wider community

Sir Torquil Norman obituary

Toymaker and philanthropist who led the restoration of the Roundhouse arts centre in north London

BP chair to resign amid pressure from shareholders over green agenda

Helge Lund likely to leave post in 2026, with investor opposition having derailed net zero plans

Global markets in turmoil as Trump tariffs wipe $2.5tn off Wall Street

Economists say levies of between 10% and 50% have dramatically added to the risk of a worldwide downturn