UK household incomes facing biggest decline since mid-70s, says thinktank

Resolution Foundation warns record-high energy prices amid Ukraine war could lead to hit worth £1,000 per household

Businesses urge Sunak to delay ‘ill-timed and illogical’ NI rise

As Ukraine crisis drives energy prices up, firms say tax rise could put Covid recovery at risk

Kristalina Georgieva: the IMF boss tackling Covid, the climate crisis and, now, war

The attitudes of the first fund chief to come from a former communist country were shaped by her early life, but her focus is now on a greener post-Covid future

Johnson’s Germany comparison highlights UK’s low sick pay

Proportion of UK worker’s salary covered is typically less than quarter of Germany’s 100% in first six weeks

We know little about the real Rishi Sunak … but that may change this week

It is time for the Tory chancellor to stand up – and there’s no better opportunity than the Mais lecture

Forget all you’ve heard about working life in modern Britain. It’s wrong

The myths perpetrated about modern employment have left us perilously ill prepared for true economic change

This may come as a surprise, but I think the Tories’ levelling-up policy has got it right

The flagship policy would transform the UK. If only this government could deliver it

Rowan Williams calls for UK wealth tax to tackle ‘spiralling inequality’

Former archbishop and campaigners say one-off tax on wealthiest 1% would help close gap between rich and poor

UK inflation forecast to hit 8% in April amid cost of living crisis

CPI rises to 5.5% in January with further increase expected as soaring energy bills squeeze households

Men on high incomes to take lion’s share of Coalition’s $184bn tax cuts, analyses find

Government’s ‘trickle down disaster’ will further entrench inequality between men and women, Greens say

‘We’ve had a run on champagne:’ Biggest UK banker bonuses since financial crash

Bumper payouts are ‘kick in the teeth for everyone else suffering with the cost of living crisis’, say critics

UK and Scottish government agree deal on freeports in Scotland

Plan proposes two ‘green freeports’ based around low-emission industries

What could be fairer than a tax on oil and gas’s North Sea winnings?

Labour is pushing for a windfall tax on the industry’s bonanza – and Sunak must grasp that this is not even an ‘un-Tory’ idea

UK exports to EU fell by £20bn last year, new ONS data shows

Figures show Brexit compounding Covid disruption, with clothing exports plunging 60%, vegetables down 40% and cars 25%

Don’t get carried away with statistics: the UK still faces big economic challenges

Analysis: Britain’s economy collapsed by almost 10% in 2020 and has still not recovered to pre-Covid levels