Johnson’s Brexit needs to deliver economic benefits – and fast

There may be short-term boost but more cuts and deregulation will not wash in new Tory seats

Shares jump and pound stages biggest rally in almost three years on Tory victory

Markets welcome greater certainty over Brexit as sterling surges to $1.34

The Tories can’t offer tax cuts – there will be no money left after Brexit

While Brexit would mean more stagnation, Labour’s spending plans would boost the economy without frightening off investors, writes economics professor Simon Wren-Lewis

Number of Europe’s poorest regions in UK ‘more than doubles’

Eurostat figures for 2017 show seven British areas in poorest category, up from three in 2008

There’s zero interest in zero UK growth. How things have changed

A flatlining economy would normally be big news but the torpor fits neatly into both Labour and tory narratives

Paul Volcker deserves to be remembered as most influential central banker

The former Fed chairman used monetarist shock treatment to cure the US of its serious inflation habit

We’ve crunched the numbers – nationalisation would be a bargain

Our research shows nationalisation would pay for itself in seven years, says David Hall, visiting professor at the University of Greenwich

The election could go one of three ways. What would each result mean?

A Tory majority, Labour win or hung parliament would all have implications beyond Brexit

‘This is our last chance to keep the NHS as it was entrusted to us’

The Labour leader argues that the health service will be sold off piecemeal if the Conservatives are not stopped on Thursday

Turning the economic tide: could a radical monetary theory fix Australia’s woes?

Bill Mitchell, the leading Australian proponent of modern monetary theory, argues that governments should abandon their obsession with budget surpluses

Tory poll lead powers pound to 31-month high against euro

Predictions of victory for Conservatives raise City hopes of end to Brexit uncertainty

Would Labour really save families more than £6,700 a year?

We put John McDonnell’s election claim about the cost of living to the test

General election: Johnson appeals to Labour leavers with plan for more state aid for jobs after Brexit – as it happened

Prime minister announces plans to implement a ‘buy British’ policy for government procurement when the UK leaves the EU

The Guardian view on Labour and Tories: radical economics now the norm

Editorial: Whoever wins the election is likely to make sure that their heretical gamble will be vindicated

Look closer at the IFS manifesto report. Labour’s vision is the only way

The IFS accepts Labour’s method of boosting the economy via investment, says writer and researcher Tom Kibasi