Jeremy Hunt overdoes the Es: why his economic plan is a letdown

Speech on ‘enterprise, education, employment and everywhere’ contained only vague, empty promises

Jeremy Hunt to promote low-tax and private sector ‘retooling’ of industry

Chancellor also expected to tell markets that government spending will remain within strict limits

Scotland may have to rethink free university places pledge, analysis shows

IFS says if Holyrood’s health and climate policies remain in place other public spending will also suffer

UK households will face more pain, says Bank’s former chief economist

Andy Haldane says starting mortgage rate rises sooner would have nipped inflation in the bud

Biden’s clean energy brainwave paves Britain’s way to post-Brexit growth. Dare we copy him?

Where the US leads in using state aid and subsidies, the EU is now following. But the UK will need a change of mindset, says the Guardian’s economics editor, Larry Elliott

Drop in UK growth forecast limits chancellor’s budget wriggle room

OBR tells Jeremy Hunt he will have £9bn less income to factor amid falling tax receiptstax receipts

North of England ‘would rank second worst for investment’ if OECD country

Thinktank says of advanced economies, only Greece would have lower public and private investment

Councils forced to freeze levelling up projects as soaring costs exceed grants

Exclusive: Half a billion pounds lost from projects funded by government schemes due to inflation and rising costs

Impending UK recession could be twice as bad as anticipated, say analysts

Contrary to other recent economic analysis the business consultancy EY forecasts 0.7% drop in GDP this year

What we learned at Davos: signs of hope emerge from the pessimism

Prospects for artificial intelligence and green transition fuel sense that the only way is up for the global economy

Businesses berate ‘scattergun’ approach to UK government energy support

Exclusive: small business and hospitality groups urge rethink to let firms renegotiate fairer contracts and stave off closure

May I have a word about… the end of levelling up

I’ve nothing against consigning Boris Johnson’s pet policy to the dustbin but must it be replaced with even worse terms, asks Jonathan Bouquet

Rishi Sunak says people ‘not idiots’ and know why he cannot cut taxes

PM suggests public understands what is affordable, but his stance could trigger fresh backlash from Tory MPs

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