English councils free to adopt four-day week after Labour drops Tory concerns

Cambridgeshire trial found improved performance and reduced turnover, as TfL plans to give tube drivers option

Asda boss says £100m hit from Labour budget could affect wages and hiring

Shares in UK retailers fall as investors digest Rachel Reeves’s changes to NICs and tax thresholds

Tax changes in budget last straw for UK farmers after ‘years of being squeezed’

Farmers’ union to bring 1,800 members to Westminster in protest, but some say mega-rich landowners are the problem

Tax unhealthy foods to tackle obesity, say campaigners

Health and children’s groups urge UK ministers to impose levies on products containing too much salt or sugar

Sir John Nott obituary

Defence secretary in Margaret Thatcher’s cabinet during the Falklands war

Bank of England’s rate caution overshadowed by Trump victory

Monetary policy committee is warier about pace of policy easing following Rachel Reeves’ budget

Rachel Reeves promises not to increase taxes again in spring budget

Chancellor tells Treasury select committee ‘we’ve now set the envelope for spending for this parliament’

Post-Brexit border scheme to simplify trade put on pause again

Single Trade Window designed to reduce friction on imports and exports will be halted until at least 2026 amid cost fears

M&S profits rise but retailer warns of £60m hit from Reeves’s budget

Concerns over increase in national insurance contributions and minimum wage on customers and suppliers

Trump tariffs would halve UK growth and push up prices, says thinktank

NIESR warns British economy would be one of the worst affected by protectionist policies

Britain cries out for new economics. Labour has given it repackaged Tory ideas

A fairer, happier and more equal country is possible – but only if the party in power actually wants to make it happen, writes academic and author David Edgerton

What will the UK’s plan for clean energy by 2030 mean for the industry and public?

Labour is relying on offshore wind and a move away from gas to make Britain a green energy economy. But the transition will not be cheap

AI chatbot launches on Gov.UK to help business users – with mixed results

Initial test run of GPT-4o technology can help with regulations but ‘cannot provide predictions or opinions’

The Guardian view on Badenoch v Starmer: tussling over a shift to bigger government

Editorial: This parliament’s real battle won’t be cultural, it will be over the size of the state

Treasury may have broken law by failing to reveal £9.5bn spend in Tory budget, MPs told

Head of OBR says spending commitment would have ‘materially changed’ its forecast on Jeremy Hunt’s pre-election budget