Whatever Johnson’s ‘levelling up’ means, it isn’t about Britain’s shocking poverty levels

The government believes there are no votes in policies to make wages and benefits fairer nationally, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Investing 0.1% of global GDP could avoid breakdown of ecosystems, says UN report

Nature’s financial value must be considered to avoid ‘irreversible’ degradation to biodiversity and land

UK not on course for return to 1970s inflation, says Bank official

Jan Vlieghe says interest rates may still need to go below zero if economy falters in coming months

Chile’s political establishment has been swept away – now there’s hope for change

After recent elections, the country can shake off social and economic crisis, if it avoids the missteps of its neighbours, says the LSE’s Kirsten Sehnbruch

UK recovery overshadowed by inflation and new Covid variants

Our latest snapshot of key economic indicators finds unemployment falling and business activity growing

Governments have been promising to ‘level up’ the UK for 80 years

Solving Britain’s vast regional inequalities will require significant constitutional change, not top-down tinkering, says Neil McInroy of the Centre for Local Economic Strategies

Sunak under pressure to back Biden’s global corporation tax plan

Labour expected to trigger Commons vote to force UK government to support proposal

Boris Johnson, you can’t claim to be a world leader while savagely cutting aid

As Britain prepares to host the G7 summit, rebel Tories with a conscience are plotting to force the prime minister to think again

Ballot rigging is so last year. There are now new ways of buying votes

Politicians no longer use their own money as bribes; they use yours instead

Biden’s global corporation tax plan is hugely popular, so why isn’t Britain backing it?

The Tories claim UK corporation tax will be higher than the US’s proposal, but the suspicion is this plan will be dropped, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The secret of Johnson’s success lies in his break with Treasury dominance

Gordon Brown’s rule-based approach shaped Whitehall for two decades. But the Tories are forging a new politics that has little regard for prudence, says political economist William Davies

UK unemployment drops as firms hire amid Covid easing

Rate fell for third consecutive month in three months to March, according to ONS

Preston is a lesson for Labour: show communities you can deliver change

Our council has boosted the economy and won over Labour voters. It’s a model that could work across the UK, says city council leader Matthew Brown

UK economy could resemble that of Italy by end of 2020s – report

Thinktank says new strategy needed in face of Covid, Brexit, net zero, automation and demographic change

Why the landmark Bretton Woods deal is as relevant today as in 1944

Countries came together early and decisively to fix a broken global system. The same ambition is needed today