Voters are receptive to ‘leftwing’ policies but Labour must build trust

With Britain facing multiple challenges, Keir Starmer’s party is right to promise prudence

Stagecoach takeover could mark end of a profitable era for bus and train tycoons

The fortunes of Brian Souter’s firm seem to have closely followed those of privatised public transport in the UK

Five cost of living crises facing the UK government

Is the pandemic to blame? Is it Brexit? Or is it just ministerial incompetence? Whatever the case, it’s going to be a tough winter

We can’t fix the social care sector without fixing the way we treat its workers

Before I was elected to parliament I was a home care worker. I know how broken the system is, says Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner

Ministers consider plan to ease £20-a-week universal credit cut

Proposal would allow working people to keep more of their earnings, at a cost of £1bn to the Treasury

Britain faces a triple crunch – and the political cost for the Tories could be huge

The combined challenges loom of an economic slowdown, rising energy costs and the transition to net zero, says Guardian economics editor Larry Elliott

Surge in UK job vacancies driven by low-paying work, says IFS

Report says employment opportunities more than 10% below pre-pandemic levels for quarter of workforce

Autumn budget must show financial firepower behind ‘levelling up’

As the UK economy enters a rough patch, government needs to give substance to its flagship soundbite

Most UK small energy suppliers could be left to collapse this winter

Government would rather protect households than prop up struggling companies, says industry source

MPC’s rates dilemma: protect the recovery or tackle inflation?

Soaring prices will have some at the Bank itching to put up interest rates, but others will stress that now is a very bad time

If national insurance must fund social care, at least make it fair

Analysis: the government could generate an extra $20bn by reforming national insurance to tax high earners

1.6m Britons still on furlough in July as scheme winds down

HMRC figures show need to continue support for hardest-hit sectors such as aviation, says Unite union

Bank of England governor says UK’s economic recovery is slowing

Andrew Bailey sees evidence of ‘levelling off’ amid supply chain disruption and staff shortages

Johnson’s Tories are no longer the party of business

Analysis: business leaders find themselves in the crosshairs when it comes to who will pay for the pandemic

Rebuke for Hammond over use of government contacts to assist bank

Former chancellor’s actions in relation to OakNorth, who he is paid to advise, ‘not acceptable’