The future looks bleak for Britain’s young people – and Rishi Sunak isn’t helping
The pandemic has hit 16- to 25-year-olds hard, but post-Covid economic recovery plans have once again excluded them, says journalist Rhi Storer
UK government’s green homes grant in urgent need of rescue, MPs say
Damning assessment of ‘disastrous’ scheme is a blow to plans for reaching net zero emissions
A year of Covid lockdowns has cost the UK economy £251bn, study says
Some of the poorest areas will suffer disproportionate burden for longer if government does not act, warns CEBR
After the Covid war, the UK will struggle to win the economic peace
State power and capitalism’s innovation have staved off disaster, but the challenge is long-term
Covid bank holidays would be the shot in the arm the UK economy so badly needs
During the pandemic, Britons have saved £250bn. Four extra days off this summer would encourage them to spend it, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
Britons will go on £50bn spending spree when Covid rules are lifted – report
Fears of rapid rise in inflation after study finds 26% of savings made during lockdown will be spent
‘It’s been tough’: UK exporters on how Brexit has damaged them
Businesses cite higher costs, customs delays and paperwork as among the problems they face
Post-Covid Britain needs a new social guarantee
Ensuring everyone has decent public services and a guaranteed income could transform the UK after the pandemic, say researchers Anna Coote and Neal Lawson
We desperately need ‘levelling up’ but it seems the Tories are back to fob-off-the-north mode
It’s hard to reconcile Boris Johnson’s 2019 speech with a budget that has left the policy in tatters, says Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burham
Post-Covid consumer spending boom ‘implausible’, says Treasury official
Charlie Bean of Office for Budget Responsbility says savings of higher earners more likely to be spent over several years
From tax hikes to ‘levelling up’: Rishi Sunak faces budget grilling by MPs
Treasury committee hopes to pin down chancellor on investment, the environment, NHS and universal credit
Labour calls for investigation into allocation of funds for deprived regions
Examination of community renewal fund follows similar concerns about so-called ‘levelling-up’ fund
Rishi Sunak and the Treasury need to think big and plan long term
The budget showed how strategic planning and investment loses out to quick fixes. A department for the economy is urgently needed
Tories accused of levelling up ‘stitch-up’ over regional deprivation fund
Richer areas with Conservative MPs prioritised for help, Guardian analysis finds
UK business leaders condemn ‘sad and bad’ axing of industrial strategy panel
Group led by Bank of England economist ditched in favour of government’s ‘plan for growth’