Does the UK have a wage problem?

Business leaders have hit back at Boris Johnson over claims they allowed Britain to become a low-wage and low-skilled economy

Boris Johnson’s economic policies could stoke inflation, business leaders warn – as it happened

Latest updates and reaction to PM’s policy-lite Tory conference speech

Johnson says government cannot ‘magic up’ solutions to help farming industry – as it happened

PM responds to farmers’ concerns as pigs are being culled; latest news as Conservative party meets in Manchester for its conference

Sunak insists he will not trash Tories’ reputation for ‘fiscal responsibility’

Amid backbench discord, chancellor tells conference tax cuts can only come once public finances on surer footing

The Guardian view on Rishi Sunak’s speech: levelling down

Editorial: The chancellor’s praise for the economic policies of previous Conservative governments augurs badly for struggling families

Rishi Sunak’s speech offers mood music but little economic meat

Analysis: chancellor reiterates what he believes in, including himself, during address at Tory conference

Tory ideals count for nothing in the kneejerk era of Boris Johnson

Britain isn’t being run to any political programme, but through its prime minister’s impulsive responses to events, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Rishi Sunak to announce £500m ‘plan for jobs’ extension

The chancellor will lay out a package of measures designed to stem rise in unemployment as furlough ends

Meat producers say Johnson talking ‘nonsense’ about reasons for labour shortage in sector – as it happened

Chief executive of British Meat Processors Association dismisses PM’s claims and says pig farmers facing a ‘nightmare scenario’

Boris Johnson: petrol crisis and pig cull part of necessary post-Brexit transition

PM’s remarks come as Liz Truss insists it’s the role of business, not ministers, to resolve such problems

Johnson’s interview before the Tory party conference – factcheck

PM made a number of assertions in his Andrew Marr appearance, but how accurate were they?

Readers reply: how much poorer would the rich need to be to provide a basic minimum income for everyone?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

In plain sight, Boris Johnson is rigging the system to stay in power

Weakening the courts, limiting protest, hobbling the elections regulator. If another country did this, what would we call it, asks Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

‘Red wall’ Tories call on Rishi Sunak to cut business rates

MPs elected in former Labour heartlands in 2019 say tax reform is needed to stem high street closures

UK growth revised up to 5.5% amid higher NHS spending and exports rise

GDP grew faster than forecast in second quarter as fewer Covid restrictions prompted households and companies to spend