Taxing the rich could solve many problems. Why is it so difficult in the UK?
Making billionaires pay their fair share into state coffers would allow Starmer’s government to effect real change, but soaking the rich is a hard sell for voters
Buying British: can Labour’s defence policy really help UK industry?
Questions over whether plan to spend billions on weapons will work as a tool to spur economic growth
Millions of UK public sector workers set for above-inflation pay rise
Rachel Reeves is expected to accept pay review body recommendations in move that could cost up to £10bn
Eight charts that lay bare Labour’s spending inheritance from Tories
Rachel Reeves will next week highlight figures showing a tougher picture than Osborne received in 2010
US economic growth ramps up, growing 2.8% in latest quarter
Even as Joe Biden touts ‘strongest economy in the world’, nearly three in five Americans wrongly believe US is in recession
Lloyds predicts drop in defaults on loans and mortgages as UK economy improves
Bank sets aside just £44m for bad debts and defaults in second quarter amid upbeat outlook
Soaring UK mortgage rates have pushed 320,000 adults into poverty, thinktank says
Institute for Fiscal Studies report says interests rate rises have inflicted differing levels of hardship
UK business activity expands in ‘encouraging start to second half of year’
S&P Global flash composite purchasing managers’ index shows July rise for manufacturing and services sectors
Russia is lying about its economic strength: sanctions are working – and we need more
The signs are clear: everything is not as rosy in Putin’s Soviet-style war economy as Moscow would have us believe, write eight EU finance ministers
Spotify shares surge 15% after profitability hits record high – as it happened
The Swedish streaming company said gross margins hit a record high of 29.2% in the second quarter, after cost cuts and growth in subscriptions
Why preventing long-term sickness in the UK is an economic necessity
With extended life expectancy Britain has wound up an increasingly sick nation – and experts say that this is as bad for GDP as it is for our health
Business secretary expects to call in Czech billionaire’s Royal Mail takeover for review; Ryanair profits fall 46% – as it happened
UK business secretary Jonathan Reynolds says it is “reasonable” to expect Daniel Kretinsky’s £3.6bn takeover of Royal Mail would be subject to government review
Labour facing moment of truth over tax pledges, economists warn
Experts say 5.5% pay increase for public sector not ‘consistent’ with spending plans that rule out tax rises
Developing countries face worst debt crisis in history, study shows
Spending on health and education being cut as nearly half of budgets are used to pay creditors, campaigners say
Growing UK’s services-based economy was never going to be easy
High interest rates are needed to reduce wage inflation but productivity improvements are harder to chisel out