Tax wealth to pay for ageing UK population, says thinktank

Public spending will rise by £76bn a year, requiring income and wealth to be taxed more efficiently and fairly

Levelling-up report co-author says UK should be like Renaissance Florence

Andy Haldane says city’s crucible-like atmosphere created ‘combustion’ for economic prosperity

Two more senior Boris Johnson aides resign amid Downing Street exodus – as it happened

PM’s chief of staff Dan Rosenfield and PPS Martin Reynolds join policy chief and director of communications in departing

Millions in UK face fuel poverty despite Sunak support, say experts

Chancellor’s intervention unlikely to offset impact of rising energy bills on low-income households

Sunak attempts to ease cost of living squeeze as interest rates climb

Analysis: Chancellor says £9bn package will take sting out of UK’s economic woes – but is it enough?

Bank of England raises interest rates to 0.5%

Rise aims to combat soaring inflation despite faltering economic recovery and deepening cost of living crisis

CBI says Britain risks cycle of low growth without higher investment

Director general to tell ministers they must raise skills, cut red tape and exploit opportunities of green economy

Levelling up? It’s a lot of talk, say sceptical Wolverhampton public

Of those who have heard of it, many doubt the policy will do much to improve their quality of life

MoD given ultimatum to drop legal action against firm run by billionaire

Ministers have two weeks to accept one-off payment instead of taking over 38,000 military homes from Guy Hands’ Annington

Government faces urgent call to tackle Britain’s ‘fraud epidemic’

Influential committee reveals 43% jump in economic crime in the year from June 2019

Privatising Channel 4 will harm UK ‘levelling-up’ plan, warn TV bosses

Selling channel would concentrate programming and investment in south-east England, say executives

How the UK government lost £4.9bn to Covid loan fraud

The race to fund the lockdown economy ensured speed trumped due diligence, leaving the taxpayer wide open to fraud

Treasury unease over fears of No 10 U-turn on national insurance hike

Embattled PM may scrap policy to win support of rightwing Tory MPs and save his job over alleged lockdown parties

MoD seeks to buy back 38,000 homes leased from firm run by billionaire

Guy Hands and Annington Homes, rather than taxpayers, benefited from soaring UK property market after 1996 privatisation

The Guardian view on a Tory resignation: a minister goes over government failure

Editorial: There could be £10bn of losses in Covid fraud. Was this seen as an acceptable price to pay to keep bankers safe from harm during the pandemic?