Readers reply: how can the economy grow year on year without limit – and why is this desirable?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

Johnson’s moment of lockdown truth looms as announcement on reopening awaited

Should PM listen to those who urge a rapid return to normality now the vaccine programme is advancing, or will he heed those who urge caution?

Keir Starmer is right to take on inequality, but tax reform is essential to this task

Everything about the UK tax system is upside down – we tax work, while relieving unearned gains. And the public knows it, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Keir Starmer’s post-Covid plan for Britain – the key points

Analysis: Labour leader emphasised tackling inequality, but also partnership with business

‘Deafening silence’: UK government blasted over delays to employment reforms

Ex-Whitehall tsar questions Tories’ desire to safeguard workers’ rights amid legislation delays

Starmer: Labour must work with business to create fairer society

Labour leader calls for ‘moral crusade’ in wake of Covid pandemic to deliver social justice and equality

Budget to provide fresh Covid rescue package as tax rises deferred

Rishi Sunak backs cautious reopening, as PM says hospitality venues will have to wait

Covid crisis: 1.9m people in UK ‘have not worked for more than six months’

Report exposes lasting impact on employment caused by pandemic and multiple lockdowns

The Guardian view on economic predictions: no time to bank on a recovery

Editorial: When Andrew Haldane claims post-Covid UK is ‘poised like a coiled spring’, he does no favours to either his reputation or the debate over the future.

England’s poorest areas hit by Covid ‘perfect storm’ – leaked report

Exclusive: government analysis reveals unmet financial needs of many people needing to self-isolate

The budget is a dangerous moment for an ambitious chancellor

Rishi Sunak has a choice: address the wreckage that Covid is wreaking, or tell a clamouring Britain we can go back to normal, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

How can the economy grow year on year without limit – and why is this desirable?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

The Guardian view on Boris Johnson’s role: laundering the Tory brand

Editorial: The prime minister has pledged to ‘level up’ the red wall and green the country with a model that has failed Britain for decades

MPs urge government to spell out economic and health impacts of easing lockdown

Treasury select committee says doing so would help businesses and public understand pros and cons

‘We need more help’: three firms on surviving the UK’s Covid-19 economy

Bosses recount how they adapted to the lockdowns that pitched the UK economy into its worst performance in 300 years