Ministers aim to spur domestic tourism with cut-price UK rail pass

National Lottery will also launch £10m voucher scheme for discounts at attractions after summer

Forget incremental change: the left shouldn’t be afraid of thinking big

It’s only by setting out a bold, radical vision that Labour will speak to people’s experiences and generate hope, says former Labour leader Ed Miliband

Covid: Sunak could accept four-week delay to ending restrictions in England

Guardian understands chancellor not fixated on 21 June date for enacting final stage of roadmap

UK housing market is on fire, warns Bank of England chief economist

Continued rise stoked by tax breaks and demand from well-off households likely to deepen inequality, says Andy Haldane

G7 tax deal is welcome – but Treasury must now focus on unfair business rates

Bricks-and-mortar retailers have been losing out to online-only operators for too long

The Guardian view on the G7 global tax deal: genuine progress

Editorial: Finance ministers’ agreement on a fairer global tax system for multinationals is a step in the right direction. But there is a long way to go

A shortage of workers is driving up wages: are we entering a new economic era?

Labour shortages may be an early sign of inevitable economic readjustments around the world, says Guardian columnist John Harris

Jeff Bezos is a model capitalist – and we’ve failed him

Perhaps Labour should wake up and start addressing the besetting sins of unfettered capitalism

Johnson and Sunak at odds over cost of catching up after Covid

The tensions between Boris Johnson’s post-pandemic rhetoric and Rishi Sunak’s fiscal constraints are becoming clear

UK pubs’ turnover 20% down on pre-Covid levels despite return of indoor drinking

Industry group says restrictions must be eased further under 21 June roadmap or pubs will remain ‘unviable’

If Cyprus is intransigent on tax, the G7 should sign up themselves

By swimming against the tide of sentiment on fairness, the island could become a pariah state

Spring economic boom signals UK Covid recovery is still on track

Rapid service sector growth and fall in furlough take-up in May as lockdown easing continues

Why governments should keep spending, and stop worrying about inflation

Many believe it’s actually the expectation of inflation that causes prices to rise, says Harvard researcher Leah Downey

London is being scapegoated to boost the Tories’ ‘levelling up’ agenda

It may be electorally useful to portray the capital as an enclave of privilege – but for most people in the city, that’s just not true, says political journalist Chaminda Jayanetti

Farm incomes fall by 20% in a year due to weather, Covid and Brexit

Increased hardship for small farmers as close to a billion pounds wiped off UK’s farming economy in 2020