Why does Labour need to suck up to the City? Britain’s economy is already stifled by finance

In power, Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves will regret falling for propaganda about ‘competitiveness’, says Nicholas Shaxson, director at the Balanced Economy Project

Jeremy Hunt’s ‘dubious’ financial planning lacks credibility, says IFS

Chancellor should resist temptation to announce unfunded tax cuts in March budget, advises leading thinktank

Chancellor should axe all budget statements, say manufacturers

Make UK says limiting big policy changes to one per parliament will give companies more stability

Put aside differences to focus on growth across UK, Ed Balls tells politicians

Former shadow chancellor is one of the authors of a new academic paper on how to bridge the regional divide

Jeremy Hunt handed tax boost as UK posts record monthly budget surplus

Analysts say figures give chancellor slightly more leeway for tax cuts before general election

UK shows signs of recovery from mild recession, says Bank of England

Bank’s governor predicts Britain’s economy will receive a boost when interest rates start to fall later this year

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