How uncompetitive markets are driving up the cost of living

Without pressure to keep prices down and quality high, all of us will suffer, says Andrea Coscelli, chief executive of the CMA

UK government fund invests in cannabis oil company and London microbrewery

Taxpayer-backed British Business Bank’s Future Fund, set up to provide loans in pandemic, announces 75 new investments

Channel 4 privatisation to begin amid criticism from MPs and industry

Process for privatisation announced as part of sweeping changes to UK media landscape

Rishi Sunak hints at U-turn on UK oil and gas windfall tax

The chancellor says nothing is off the table but fellow Tory ministers remain dismissive of idea

‘Challenge’ for banks that used taxpayer cash to cover fraudulent Covid loan losses

British Business Bank to ‘call out’ lenders that failed to carry out due diligence when awarding pandemic support loans

Hopes of permanent extra bank holiday dampened by No 10

Cost to economy invoked in response to widely backed campaign to make day more than just a jubilee one-off

May I have a word about… economists who terrify us with talk of doom loops

They might think twice before using such language in front of the general public

Globalisation is not working – in an age of insecurity, we need more local solutions

From the supply-chain crisis to Covid vaccines, the past couple of years have brought home the benefits of self-sufficiency, says the Guardian’s economics editor, Larry Elliott

IMF tells governments to protect vulnerable people when tackling Covid debt

Analysis: Fund’s world economic outlook highlights need to protect people such as refugees

Britain could fall into recession this summer, say experts

Inflation will limit UK consumers’ spending power, with energy costs a particular problem

The Guardian view on the cost of living crisis: a global emergency

Editorial: Lashed by Covid and soaring prices for food and fuel, a quarter of a billion people face falling into extreme poverty

Stagflation looks a racing certainty as worse to come for UK households

Inflation in March rose to 7% but April figures will include 54% increase in energy price cap

Closer inspection of UK jobs market reveals economic scars of Covid

While the pandemic has not led to a jump in unemployment, its impact on the over-50s and public sector staff is particularly troubling

Labour has shelves of winning policies. Now the party must get people to listen

As Johnson’s cabinet flounders, Starmer’s team has some brilliant ideas to improve this country. But voters also want a clear vision, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Sunak faces calls to do more to tackle UK slowdown – much to his frustration

Chancellor resists demands for more subsidies despite cost of living crisis