Bitcoin breaks $83,000 for first time on Trump trades; UK government sells £1bn of NatWest shares – as it happened

Cryptocurrency more than doubles since January on hopes of lighter regulation; latest share sale takes UK Treasury’s holding in NatWest to 11.4%

Badenoch: it’s ‘disappointing’ it took ITV drama to speed up Post Office payouts

Tory leader tells inquiry she worked behind scenes to try to win funding for more compensation over Horizon scandal

NatWest buys back £1bn of its shares from UK government

Privatisation of bailed-out bank continues after plan to offer to retail investors was abandoned

Hybrid working much more likely if staff have a degree, says ONS

Official figures show ability to work from home differs greatly across age, job type and education

Far-right leaders are winning across the globe. Blaming ‘the economy’ or ‘the left-behinds’ won’t cut it

The economy matters, but the likes of Trump succeed by offering voters revenge for problems both real and imagined, says author and Salvage founder Richard Seymour

Direct Line to axe about 550 jobs as part of £50m cost-cutting drive

Company to shed about 6% of its workforce of 9,000 as it loses car insurance customers

‘I’m switched off’: frustration and fatigue as power cuts keep Ecuador in the dark

Facing a severe drought and reliant on hydropower, the country is enduring relentless blackouts. But experts say opportunities have been missed to adapt and diversify

Police called after Le Creuset warehouse sale brings four-hour queues

Hundreds turn up at Hampshire industrial estate to grab cut-price cast-iron cookware

UK interest rates are falling – but it’s not too late to find deals that pay

The peak may have passed, but inflation-beating returns are still available if you’re quick. Here are the highest yielding and safest options

The secretive world of Aldi Australia: which aisle makes the most money and other things we learned

Shoppers got a rare look inside the basket of the discount grocer at the ACCC inquiry into supermarkets

UK public sector pay awards to overtake private sector for first time in four years

CIPD report says businesses face higher costs after tax rises in budget as public sector benefits from above-inflation pay rises

Leading UK estate agent cuts its longer-term house price growth forecast

Hamptons says ‘modest’ rises can be expected amid ‘dampening effect’ of higher interest rates overall

Extreme weather cost $2tn globally over past decade, report finds

US suffered greatest economic losses, report commissioned by International Chamber of Commerce finds, followed by China and India

From Thatcher to Trump and Brexit: my seven lessons learned after 28 years as Guardian economics editor

The free market experiment has failed, free trade is out, and populism is rife but it can be defeated if the left can galvanise ideas into a credible plan

‘I relate to Erin Brockovich’: postman who took on car finance world – and won

Andrew Wrench’s case over ‘secret’ dealership commission could help UK consumers win billions in compensation