Starmer vows to let communities ‘take back control’ in Labour’s first term

Labour leader pledges major push to devolve power from Westminster in ‘decade of national renewal’

Nearly £1bn of fraudulent Covid grants made to UK firms ‘unlikely to be recovered’

Business department says in annual report that a total of £985m likely to be lost to ‘fraud and error’

Sunak strives to be reassuring but is five-point plan all sleight of hand?

PM plans a ‘no tricks’ reset but with an inflation fall already expected this is more about hanging on at an election

The Guardian view on Sunak’s agenda: trapped by a legacy of failure

Editorial: The prime minister cannot be honest about Britain’s problems without repudiating 12 years of Tory rule

New year, not so new Rish giving the people what they want … extra maths!

Thanks to the prime minister and the genius idea nobody asked for, people will be able to calculate just how broke they are

A global recession may be looming, but there is a way out of this rut

Last century investment, innovation and the fight for equality led to a huge rise in productivity. Policies to encourage those are vital now, says Guardian economics editor Larry Elliott

Disabled people among hardest hit by cost of living crisis, finds study

People with disabilities more likely to cut back on energy use and food, Resolution Foundation says

The Guardian view on excessive unemployment: the creation of unnecessary suffering

Editorial: Joblessness is such a waste of resources that no one interested in efficiency can be complacent about it

Welsh Labour is readying for snap general election, says Mark Drakeford

First minister claims Tories in Westminster are ‘staggering’ and could be months away from collapse

Labour has suddenly become a hot favourite, but the race isn’t won until election day

Sir Keir Starmer’s party must be ready to face a lot more scrutiny this year

Rishi Sunak’s failure to negotiate on strikes is sabotaging UK, Labour warns

• Rachel Reeves says Tory approach is ‘increasingly reckless’• Business leaders warn that small firms are being ‘hammered’

UK ministers pledged to match EU funds after Brexit. How’s that going?

Delays to new programmes have affected support for vulnerable people, ‘throwing the baby out with the bathwater’

Inflation, waiting lists, strikes, rail chaos, climate emergency: the 2022 polycrisis

Almost every facet of life in the UK – courts to cost of living, transport to healthcare, environment to asylum system – is at breaking point

Tax super-rich on private jet travel to fund public transport, says UK charity

Campaign for Better Transport calls on government to make wealthy pay for ‘hugely damaging’ private flights

In 2022 Liz Truss tried to bin economic orthodoxy – but what is it?

Rishi Sunak soon rowed back from his predecessor’s chaotic experiment, reasserting the seven pillars of UK Treasury wisdom