UK retailers warn Reeves of £7bn hit from budget tax rises Increase in national insurance contributions and national living wage will add to costs, says BRC
Why Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ pledge may not actually lower US gas prices Despite president-elect’s vow, energy companies focus on managing resources to be profitable, not pumping more oil
What we’ve learned in the five years since our first environment pledge An update on our progress from the Guardian’s head of sustainability
Mulberry cuts a quarter of HQ staff after sales slump and bigger losses CEO says he will launch review to make company ‘leaner, more agile’ and the firm will ‘renew its relevance’
Minecraft enters real world with $110m global theme park deal Exclusive: Block-building game to appear in theme parks, hotels and stores, starting in UK and US
Starling Bank staff resign after new chief executive calls for more time in-office Exclusive: Staff complain Raman Bhatia is creating ‘grey corporate hellscape’ and offices already lack desk space
Housework to green energy: the new markers of growth in rival metric to GDP Sustainability-focused inclusive income formula accounts for non-monetary factors overlooked in GDP, says ONS
‘Technical issue’ causes lengthy delays to dozens of British Airways flights Heathrow says issue that led to hours-long postponement of flights has been resolved
Keir Starmer to restart UK-India talks after previous negotiations stalled Whisky and migration thwarted earlier deal but UK PM hopeful of reaching agreement with Narendra Modi
Keir Starmer denies budget to blame for rise in mortgage rates PM says budget stabilised the economy, while mortgage rates are ‘individual decisions for the banks’
Tax rises in budget sap UK consumer confidence and will hit pay growth, say reports Survey shows households’ economic fears, while Goldman Sachs predicts impact of increase in employer NICs
Australian goldminer to pay Mali $160m to free detained CEO and executives Group were held after a meeting about what mining firm referred to as unsubstantiated claims regarding taxes and levies
UK mortgage rates creep up as brokers warn of possible ‘further pain’ Concerns interest rates will stay higher for longer if official data on Wednesday shows inflation is back above 2% target
Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy amid mounting financial losses Biggest US budget airline says it expects to operate as normal as it works its way through Chapter 11 process
UK consumer confidence drops as household finances are squeezed; UK and US sign civil nuclear collaboration deal – as it happened Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news