Sunak’s tax giveaway fails to spur a speedy economic recovery

Analysis: GDP figures show attempts to revive business investment have not got off to a flying start

UK economy grows for a fifth month as diners rush to cafes and bars

Official data shows 1% growth in June after further easing of lockdown restrictions

Tory MPs back Sunak after prime minister’s threat to sack him

Chancellor popular with fiscally conservative wing of party amid tensions over idea of carbon tax

How politics became a contest dominated by two kinds of elite

Studying hundreds of elections, we found parties increasingly catering to the well educated or rich, say authors Amory Gethin, Clara Martínez-Toledano and Thomas Piketty

Thatcherism is the big Tory scam that still distorts our politics

The Iron Lady actually grew the state and put up taxes. But in her time, as today, high earners won and the poor lost out, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Johnson and Sunak urge UK pensions to back riskier investments

PM and chancellor aiming to ignite ‘investment big bang’ to fuel post-pandemic economic recovery

The Guardian view on the UK economy: stuck in a rut of low growth, and politics is to blame

Editorial: A remarkable speech from a senior rate-setter at the Bank of England lays bare the terrible predicament the UK is in

Wellbeing in decline in England as loneliness rises, report shows

Decline started before Covid pandemic and continued to drop as country entered first lockdown in March 2020

During the pandemic, a new variant of capitalism has emerged

Spending is up. The world has been fighting a war against Covid, and in wartime the power of the state always increases, says Larry Elliott, the Guardian’s economic editor

Cautious optimism over Covid as inflation hits three-year high

Our latest snapshot of key economic indicators finds supply chain disruption and a dip in house prices

Another roaring 20s? We need to do better than that

Bold ideas and big investment could create a new economic miracle for the 21st century, says investment banking analyst Dan Davies

Bus privatisation has destroyed a British public service – but there is a way back

The UK and devolved governments should abandon the notion that public transport can be left to the private market, says Bassam Khawaja of NYU law school

Labour announces launch of ‘new deal for working people’

Keir Starmer says initiative to provide good jobs is necessary as economy emerges from Covid crisis

Limited number of critical workers to be allowed to avoid self-isolation

Separate pilot daily testing programme will be expanded to up to 500 food and drink supply chain employers