Peaky Blinders creator calls HS2 ‘gamechanger’ for West Midlands
Steven Knight, who is building a film studio in Birmingham, says line is catalyst for activity as data shows £10bn boost to region
The first step to our economic liberation is to tear up these crippling fiscal rules
How are we to get out of this recession if not through investment, investment, investment?
The Guardian view on the UK recession: no growth and no ideas either
Editorial: The Conservatives have presided over a shrunken British economy, and Rishi Sunak does not have a clue how to make it grow again
UK tips into recession in blow to Rishi Sunak
GDP fell 0.3% in three months to December after collapse in retail sales in run-up to Christmas
‘Rishi’s recession’: Reeves seizes her moment to take the economic high ground
Shadow chancellor’s No 10-style press conference given extra credence by decision to drop £28bn green pledge, Labour sources say
Jeremy Hunt ‘considering spending cuts’ to fund pre-election tax giveaway
Treasury looking at reducing projected rise in public spending from 2025, FT reports citing insiders
Even a technical recession is a headache for Rishi Sunak
Governments try to generate a feelgood factor before an election. The UK has the opposite: a feel-bad factor
UK pay growth slows less than expected as workers bid up wages
December figures prompt predictions Bank of England may cut interest rates later than previously expected
Buoyant UK labour market data belies rise in long-term sickness
The absence of so many potential workers is taking a toll. In a literal sense, this is a sick economy
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By ditching its green plan Labour reveals its ideological vacuum
Keir Starmer will now be appealing to voters on the basis it can run the status quo better than the Tories
Are older, richer voters really against big spending? Maybe not as much as Labour fears
Starmer desperately wants to win back the trust of a crucial, and famously cautious, demographic. But support for public investment is growing, writes economics editor Philip Inman
The Observer view: Labour’s green U-turn has threatened its plan for growth
The party’s decision to drop a commitment to spending £28bn a year will have a negative effect on its other investment plans
Starmer’s £28bn green plan was bungled but Labour still has bold hopes for the country – and the planet
Even if pared back, the party still has the only real growth policy in town, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
Jeremy Hunt may launch ‘British Isa’ investing in UK company shares
Chancellor hints at tax-free plan for budget as part of efforts to revive country’s stock market