As Boris Johnson alienates bosses, can Labour become the party of business?

Group senses moment to steal long-cherished Tory moniker, by talking up enterprise and social responsibility

Boris Johnson warns of ‘wage-price spiral’ if workers demand higher pay

PM raises spectre of 1970s-style economic crisis that could force dramatic rise in interest rates

Boris Johnson promises action on cost of living crisis but says higher wages risk further inflation – as it happened

In a wide-ranging speech on housing, the cost of living and Ukraine, the PM warns of danger of ‘wage-price spiral’

The Guardian view on a four-day week: policies needed to make it a reality

Editorial: Currently, the financial logic that governs the rules of employment is inimical to reducing workloads

The dead shellfish littering our beaches tell you a lot about safety and secrecy in Britain

Environmentalists fear a toxic disaster is occurring on the seabed, and the government denials seem less and less plausible, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

UK government’s £2.9bn job search scheme has put only 7% of participants in work to date

Intensive ‘Restart’ programme is also struggling to find enough participants to meet predicted caseload

Struggling to pay at the supermarket till, I felt that childhood shame flooding back

When you have grown up counting the pennies, you never forget it. A problem with my card almost had me in tears, writes Kerry Hudson

Boris Johnson confident Tory MPs back him to survive as party leader and prime minister – as it happened

Latest updates: PM says he gave ‘some pretty vintage’ answers on Partygate as ministerial aide quits over ‘culture in Number 10 that was distasteful’

Boris Johnson says UK ‘not necessarily’ heading for recession

PM sounds upbeat note on economy amid some disquiet among Tory MPs over £15bn cost of living package

Rampant inflation breaks the status quo – no wonder the government is spooked

The return of soaring prices could lead a fragile, divided country into uncharted territory, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

Cost of living payments for millions as Sunak announces windfall tax on oil and gas profits – as it happened

Chancellor says ‘energy profits levy’ will be temporary but will raise around £5bn

Food bank demand for items to eat cold ‘mind blowing’, says Jack Monroe

Anti-poverty campaigner says many people cannot afford to turn on the hob because of high energy bills

A brief history of windfall taxes: who used them and why

Windfall taxes have been used by Tory governments at least three times in the last 40 years

Sunak races to finalise cost of living response after energy bills warning

Measures could be announced as soon as Thursday as households face price cap rise of more than £800

Unions angered by No 10 remarks about public sector pay stoking inflation

TUC says suggestion that higher pay for workers this year will push up inflation is ‘nonsense’