The Observer view on the Tory party leaving Britons to face the crisis alone

As millions face hardship thanks to soaring bills, the Tories are focused on their next leader rather than the emergency at hand

Liz Truss rejects ‘handouts’ as way to tackle cost of living crisis

Conservative leadership frontrunner insists on tax cuts despite claims they will fuel inflation

Leadership candidate sparked outrage in Tunbridge Wells saying he helped redirect money to more prosperous towns

Tory leadership candidate is praised as an earnest workaholic, but critics say politically he has a glass jaw and is naive

Tory favourite for No 10 says taxes should be kept low as rival Sunak says his priority will be to tackle inflation

Labour’s Rachel Reeves says Conservatives are ‘playing blame game’ for UK’s economic problems

Truss loyalist is a free marketeer who may clash with public opinion about intervening over cost of living crisis

Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi said to be on holiday as Bank of England adds to dire economic outlook

Experts predict RBA interest rate decision today will lift cash rate to 1.85%, marking a 175-basis point increase since May

Former chancellor takes leaf out of rival Liz Truss’s book but his plans may be too good to be true

Former chancellor says he finds his successor’s accusation ‘amusing’ as he vows to cut income tax by 20%

Editorial: The opposition should be clearer about its own solutions to disputes that the government is shamefully trying to prolong

We’d like to hear from British startup founders how they have been experiencing the funding and scaling up of their UK businesses in recent years

Blow to businesses as 300,000 workers took time off due to Covid last month, with BA.4 and BA.5 the majority of new infections

Business secretary, a supporter of Liz Truss, says former chancellor has ‘come late to the party’ on tax cuts