Ministers ignored red flags over Covid fraud, says former head of SFO

Exclusive: Sir David Green suggests ‘prudence was thrown out the window’ as UK lost billions of pounds in pandemic business support

Labour will be most interventionist government for a generation, says shadow minister

British public has yet to comprehend scale of party’s economic ambitions, says business chief Jonathan Reynolds

Government’s limiting of average pay rise to between 4.5% and 5% prompts fresh strike dates and possible FDA ballot

Number of working-age adults in work or job hunting is still lower than before pandemic, OECD figures show

Wave of public sector strikes and weak industrial output take toll, official figures show

Forecast by Washington-based body puts at risk Rishi Sunak’s pledge to cut debt as share of GDP

Global chief economist at Kroll will join the MPC as an external member on a three-year term from 5 July

Replacing the council tax would be popular and the vast majority of UK households would gain

The key legacy of the former chancellor, who died last week, was to put the fear of god into the party’s leaders

Government has aggressively pursued sanctions despite its own 2020 report showing they are ineffective at getting people into jobs

Lesser politicians still try to emulate the clever contrarianism of Thatcher’s chancellor. That’s risky, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

Former chancellor fundamentally changed the UK economy during his six-year stint at the Treasury, and not much has changed since then

Rising rents and energy prices, as well as stagnant wages, lead many economists to predict the rate is yet to peak

Recent banking turmoil fuels decision to extend trading plan for second time to 2025

Hailed by Tory MPs as a Brexit benefit, CPTPP membership actually turns the UK into a willing pawn in Washington’s geopolitical game