Chancellor cuts winter fuel payments for better-off pensioners as she paves the way for Budget tax rises
Treasury acknowledges announcements will only go part of the way towards clamping down on 2024-25 overspend
Cuts to infrastructure projects cast doubt over Labour’s growth strategy
Treasury says tax will be applied to payments made from Monday on terms starting next year
Electrification of Rosebank field will be more ‘challenging’ under new government’s fiscal regime, says oil and gas chief
Rachel Reeves is preparing to unveil the result of an audit of UK public spending, paving the way for tax rises
Sorting out worklessness is a challenge for Labour as a study in Barnsley says most of the economically inactive do want jobs
Party must improve public services to win over voters but tax promises place tough limits on what it can do
The town faces the same Nimbyism and conflicting attitudes towards the greenbelt that stifle much of the national debate
The government must not allow its commitment to fiscal probity to become rigid dogma
Pension fund says writedown of stake in troubled utility will ‘influence’ its approach
Lobby group’s warning comes as government lays ground for tough autumn Budget
UK ministers say partnership will help leverage up to £60bn of private investment
New defence secretary John Healey promises to ‘reset’ the country’s relations with European allies
Labour suspends seven leftwingers after they back SNP call for two-child benefit cap to be lifted
Rows over two-child benefit cap are far from over as seven MPs are suspended
Lord Spencer Livermore says the government must break down obstacles to companies spending in Britain
Prime minister wins House of Commons vote on welfare payments but only after show of dissent
New UK government will discontinue lease of controversial vessel from January 2025
Property industry claims ‘nutrient neutrality’ regulations have halted construction of tens of thousands of homes
Blaming Tory mismanagement is much more convincing on public services than it is on immigration
Ex-chancellor Hunt claims Labour government is ‘softening us up for colossal U-turn’ on higher taxes
Defence review has raised questions about whether GCAP programme will be axed on grounds of cost
Get the macroeconomic policy wrong and you risk entrenching divides that need dealing with now
Controversial proposals for airport expansion would have to meet four tests, including on climate