Andy Burnham’s difficult first cabinet – a visual guide to the options and dilemmas
The Makerfield MP enters No 10 as prime minister on Monday. But who will he choose to join him at the table?Keir Star...
Burnham must learn from Starmer’s mistakes: Labour was elected to transform the economy, not just stabilise it | Jonathan Portes
Devolution, tax, the EU and immigration: these are all opportunities for growth if Burnham abandons the excessive cau...
Labour should ditch triple-lock pensions promise, says OECD
Organisation’s experts say pledge puts pressure on UK public finances and ‘adds significant fiscal risks’Labour shoul...
Reeves tells Burnham to expect ‘shocks and challenges’ from get-go in No 10
Chancellor says PM-in-waiting needs ‘worked through plan’, in what could be one of her final interviews in No 11Rache...
Reeves to launch City ‘skills compact’ committing firms to retrain staff in AI
Exclusive: Plan to improve skills of thousands of financial sector workers to keep pace with tech revolutionChancello...
Act soon to change ‘unsustainable’ direction of UK debt, OBR warns
Forecaster says curtailing rising costs such as health and pensions ‘are today’s challenge, not just tomorrow’s’Busin...
UK borrows more than expected as impact of Iran war takes toll
May figure of £23.3bn underlines challenge facing Andy Burnham if he ends up as Labour leaderBusiness live – latest u...
‘Tax break tart’: hospitality tipped to exploit summer VAT cut on children’s meals
As bosses ridicule the chancellor’s scheme, one venue is offering a £25 ‘kids’ menu of snails and anchovy butter toas...
Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax isn’t far off Labour’s housing policy. Not that you’ll ever hear Starmer say it | Anna Minton
The UK has its own progressive policies such as the second home and ‘mansion’ taxes. So why isn’t the PM shouting it ...
Ministers could give billions raised by business rates to England’s regions
Exclusive: devolving tax is part of plans to give local areas more power in areas including justice, health and educa...
Reeves grudgingly resorts to departmental salami slicing to fund UK defence budget
Starmer shows no will to pursue the main options for rising commitments: spending cuts, tax rises or borrowingUK poli...
Rachel Reeves may be unpopular, but she is quietly rebalancing UK plc
Policy U-turns could define her stint at No 11 despite many sure-footed advances on devolved spending to help kicksta...
Reeves examines using private sector funds to speed building of new towns
Chancellor in talks with banks and investment funds about public-private partnerships to build infrastructureBusiness...