UK workers: have you gone part-time to be financially better off? We’d like to hear from people in the UK who have reduced their work hours for financial reasons
Michael Gove denies south-east favoured by levelling up funds Media appearances follow Labour analysis that London will receive more than Yorkshire and north-east
James Dyson attacks Rishi Sunak’s ‘shortsighted, stupid’ tax policies UK entrepreneur says economic strategy has left Britain in a ‘Covid inertia’ and calls for growth plan
UK inflation dips but food prices rise 17% amid squeeze on low-income families Annual rate falls in December, although it remains at one of the highest levels in 40 years
Shortfall of 330,000 workers in UK due to Brexit, say thinktanks Immigration from non-EU countries failed to take up slack after freedom of movement ended
On the NHS, Sunak and co seem unable to grasp economics 101: pay more Breaking out of a mindset is not easy, but this crisis, 10 years in the making, could have been avoided
Hundreds of ‘investment zone’ bids axed as Sunak dismantles Truss policy Exclusive: council bids for tax breaks and liberalised planning rules axed as government dismantles Liz Truss’s agenda
Tax collectors lack ambition, say MPs, as £42bn remains unpaid Fraud and error have left ‘eye-watering’ amount owed to HMRC, says public accounts committee
Rishi Sunak is stuck peddling fake solutions – he can’t admit his own party is the problem Anti-strike laws and yet another immigration crackdown are diversions from the task of unpicking 13 years of Tory misrule, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
The Guardian view on Greater Manchester’s Atom Valley plan: growth outside the city Editorial: A project to revive the economic fortunes of former mill towns can be a model for the rest of the country
UK household income likely to fall by £2,000 a year, says thinktank Resolution Foundation says UK only halfway through two-year cost of living crisis, with only very richest likely to see income rise in 2023-24
Keir Starmer: ‘I’m against austerity. But we’re going to have to be fiscally disciplined’ The Labour leader is keen to emphasise he would be a prudent PM despite inheriting cash-starved public services
No matter their differences, Starmer and Sunak face the same obstacle Whether it’s Labour plan for renewal or the Tory path to recovery, both remain hostage to circumstance in 2023
Mortgage payers face squeeze in 2023 after UK interest rate rises Wealthy, older people who own home outright will avoid higher costs and benefit from better return on savings
The Guardian view on disability and living costs: ministers must close the gap Editorial: Rising prices affect disabled people in specific and harsh ways. Evidence of widening inequality demands a targeted response