Sunak urged to back Biden corporate tax plan ‘worth £13.5bn a year’
Campaigners say US global blueprint would help raise billions from multinationals and tech giants
Sharp pick-up in UK construction amid rapid economic recovery
Surge in housebuilding joined by strong growth in infrastructure and commercial projects
The Covid crisis is doing what the 2008 crash didn’t: ending the old economic orthodoxies
After Joe Biden’s stimulus, the era of small states, low taxes and balanced budgets suddenly looks to be over, says Guardian economics editor Larry Elliott
IMF calls for wealth tax to help cover cost of Covid pandemic
Fiscal monitor says rich should pay more tax on temporary basis to help support poor and vulnerable
Amid unease on the left, Starmer aims to ‘bring Labour home’
A year on from landing the party’s top job, the leader plans on taking his message directly to the voters
Pandemic will weigh heaviest on tourism-dependent economies, warns IMF
But impact over rest of decade will not be as bad as that following financial crisis of 2008
UK economy bouncing back stronger than expected amid savings boom
Expansion in second half of 2020 and increase in household savings raise hopes for recovery this year
A year of Covid crisis: a glimmer of economic hope at the end of the tunnel
Twelve months after the pandemic struck the Guardian’s economic tracker reveals real risk of lasting damage
UK economy poised to recover after Covid-19 second wave
Our latest snapshot of key economic indicators shows the deficit soaring but unemployment holding steady
Only a large-scale skills programme can protect against Covid’s fallout
Huge fiscal support has safeguarded jobs and demand, but only skills and training can prevent long-term economic scarring
Andy Burnham is taking back the buses – and it could be transformative
Privatisation and austerity have decimated Britain’s bus routes. The Manchester mayor is right to intervene, says Labour’s former executive director of policy, Andrew Fisher
Joe Biden is giving left parties the world over a masterclass in how to use power
He ran as a moderate, but is governing as a transforming radical. That’s not a paradox, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
Treasury widens Covid business rates support with £1.5bn fund
New fund to help firms outside retail, leisure and hospitality sectors with taxes they pay on premises
British high street lost 11,000 shops in 2020, study shows
Independent shops and villages fared far better than chains and city centres but study fears full Covid impact yet to come
The Guardian view on top-down politics in a pandemic: a fatal error
Editorial: As a new study of the government’s handling of Covid makes clear, good policymaking depends on listening to voices beyond Whitehall