Grim news for Rachel Reeves is good news for the FTSE 100

The stock market is not the economy – as shown by the new closing high after the Bank of England’s rates cut

Rate cut can lift mood but Bank’s forecasts are unambiguously bleak

Weak jobs market and above-target inflation will dent Reeves’s growth plans and may wipe out fiscal headroom

Bank of England cuts interest rates to 4.5% and halves UK growth forecast

Latest quarter-point reduction comes with warning households face inflation of 3.7% by autumn

Civil servants will need to work efficiently or face redundancy under new rules

Cabinet Office minister will unveil a set of performance standards intended to ensure value for money in Whitehall

Bank of England poised to cut interest rates amid UK economic gloom

Growth forecasts likely to be downgraded, with rate-setting committee tipped to cut lending rate from 4.75% to 4.5%

SNP avoids early election as it wins backing for budget at Holyrood

Scottish parliament supports minority government’s tax and spending plans after intensive negotiations

In this Trump era of shakedown diplomacy, everything has a price

Friends and allies of the US president will say his recent tariff threats delivered quick wins, but he may find there are no winners in a trade war

Trump is willing to wreck the world economy. The global fightback must start now

Britain is less vulnerable to US tariffs than other nations, but shares a historic responsibility. A recession would mean dark days for everyone, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Starmer’s EU dinner date a big moment in tricky tightrope act

Domestically and on the world stage, the PM faces a series of challenges as he seeks to reset post-Brexit relations

How Donald Trump’s trade tariffs could affect the UK

From rising gilt yields to higher inflation, the UK may suffer indirectly from US tariffs

Trump’s tariffs could have grim knock-on effects for UK’s economy

British policymakers watch nervously, fearing a weaker pound and inflation even if US tariffs are not applied directly

Heathrow expansion puts the government on the flight path to years of trouble and strife

On top of the added levels of noise and air pollution, there’s the non-trivial matter of demolishing hundreds of homes, diverting several waterways and rerouting a long stretch of the M25

Give Rachel Reeves’s plan for UK growth a chance

The chancellor’s growth speech was not perfect – but it is a start after decades of underinvestment in Britain

Stats chief to face MPs amid concerns UK economic data is ‘virtually unusable’

Head of ONS Prof Sir Ian Diamond summoned days after review of statistics widened

I’m a Labour MP – but the government’s ‘growth’ mission reeks of panic

The decision to expand Heathrow is just the latest evidence that my party is chasing policies that serve profit, not people, says Labour MP Clive Lewis