The Guardian view on Boris Johnson’s plan: levelling down, not up

Editorial: The prime minister should be ditching the economic doctrine that is causing so much misery. Instead, he is using Brexit to supercharge it

‘Stressed’ millennials are setting the agenda at work

Younger employees know what works in the workplace – and that outmoded ways of doing things are bad for our health

Why the GDP hit from UK lockdown 2.0 was smaller than expected

More of the economy stayed open, Brexit talks boosted stockpiling and firms are developing some immunity to lockdowns

UK edges towards double-dip recession as GDP falls 2.6%

Second national Covid lockdown in November ends six months of growth but decline not as bad as feared

Sunak under renewed pressure to give firms more Covid support

Lobby group calls for a new package of financial help as figures expected to confirm a double-dip recession

Labour vows to let National Audit Office scrutinise state spending

Shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds ‘guarantees’ value for money spending to rebuild voter trust

UK economy facing its ‘darkest hour’ due to lockdown, warns Bank governor

Andrew Bailey says unemployment thought to be over 6% and talks down prospect of negative interest rates

Rishi Sunak warns UK economy will get worse before it gets better

Tougher Covid rules will have impact before vaccine improves outlook, says chancellor

Matt Hancock rules out removing support bubbles if England restrictions tightened – as it happened

PM under pressure to explain cycle ride seven miles from No 10; Nadhim Zahawi says lockdown rules under review after concerns over compliance

Are soaring markets and house prices an ‘epic bubble’ about to pop?

QE is fuelling huge speculation with investors trusting central banks will step in if markets dive

Will the UK experience a double-dip recession in 2021? Almost certainly

A recession is coming but damage this time from ‘artificial hibernation by government diktat’ may prove shortlived, say economists

Johnson promised tariff-free trade – so why is Brexit reality so different?

Retailers may still have to pay duty on some goods, while paperwork is putting some firms off

Why global markets appear impervious to bad news

Vaccine optimism, central bank action and Bidenomics keep prices above pre-Covid peak

The Guardian view on Covid relief: a package of shortcomings

Editorial: The chancellor is abjectly failing to rise to the economic challenges posed by this public health emergency

Without a long-term plan, Rishi Sunak risks wrecking Britain’s economy

Families and businesses face ruin. They need more than half measures from the chancellor, says IPPR executive director Carys Roberts