Why UK recession may be deeper than two quarters of falling GDP suggest

Greater fall per head and latest trade data illustrate longer term decline of economy

Living with my mum has been a blessing – but young adults should not be forced back into the family home

Although there are significant financial and emotional benefits to returning to the nest, it should be a choice says London-based writer Jason Okundaye

Blow for Sunak as revised figures confirm UK went into recession last year

Latest estimate from ONS says GDP declined by 0.3% in final quarter of 2023

Daniel Kahneman, renowned psychologist and Nobel prize winner, dies at 90

The Israeli-American’s book, Thinking, Fast and Slow, was a worldwide bestseller with revolutionary ideas about human error and bias

Bank of England’s Mann: markets expect too many interest rate cuts this year

Senior policymaker says UK central bank is unlikely to move before US Federal Reserve

UK food price inflation slows to 4.5% but many shoppers still struggling

Waitrose and Ocado win new shoppers while a quarter of households are feeling the squeeze

I knew the facts about millennials but I wasn’t ready to admit the life my parents had would never be mine

It took working on a podcast about what’s happening to young people for me to let go of the idealism about my future and face the sobering reality

Better moment for UK economy likely to come too late for Rishi Sunak

Prime minister has ruled out May election but households face high prices for sometime to come

For the birds? Far from it. At last Rachel Reeves has given Britain a plan for economic liftoff

Despite being called continuity Hunt, the shadow chancellor has set out a proposal for meaningful change

A minimum wage alone can’t fix the UK poverty scandal

The 25-year-old pay floor is justly celebrated but doesn’t tackle issues that mean exploitation and misery for many

Longest sustained rise in people too sick to work since 1990s, says thinktank

Resolution Foundation points to legacy of Covid as it warns that near-record 2.7m people are too ill to work

UK interest rate cuts ‘in play’, says Bank of England governor

Comments come after MPC spoke of ‘encouraging signs’ of falling inflation that could lead to cuts

300,000 more UK children fell into absolute poverty at height of cost of living crisis

Nearly fifth of population struggled with basic needs, it emerges, as charities accuse government of failing poorest

Have you passed on a decent job offer because of unaffordable housing?

We’d like to hear from people who decided not to take up a job offer because they could not find affordable housing close enough to the workplace

Bank governor says ‘things moving in the right direction’ amid criticism for leaving rates on hold – as it happened

UK central bank faces criticism for keeping Bank Rate at 5.25% after a shock rate cut in Switzerland and a hike in Turkey today