Britain’s stalling economy blamed on inflation and product shortages

Last quarter survey of 2021 shows firms worried about raised interest rates, and cash flow and debt issues, prior to plan B Covid rules

Tesla criticised for opening showroom in Xinjiang despite human rights abuses

Elon Musk and Tesla must consider human rights in the Chinese region or risk being complicit, says Human Rights Watch

Editorial: Preparation means not just improving surveillance and buying more protective gear, but rethinking the way we live

Jonathan Powell says PM and Brexit ministers risking fragile peace in Northern Ireland and ‘don’t seem to care’

Half a million people have sunk into poverty since the pandemic struck, with rising costs forcing many to cut back on food

Centre for Economics and Business Research forecasts reasonably strong rise in face of inflation, Omicron and supply chain crisis

Developers owe $19.8bn in dollar-denominated offshore debt in the first three months of the year as issues that blighted Evergrande spread

From 1 January checks and paperwork will finally begin and EU exporters face a rude awakening

Tariffs remain on UK exports to US as European Union rivals gain a 25% price advantage from New Year’s Day

Analysis: issues of governance, rising debt, Covid and property market turmoil will delay Beijing’s quest to become the global economy’s No 1

From a new Covid variant to rampant inflation, the global economy faces some daunting risks in the new year

Soaring inflation, rising interest rates and further supply chain disruption will fuel volatility, economists say

Roosevelt built back better after the depression by taxing the rich, introducing capital controls and altering the balance between labour and capital

Migrant workers lived and slept in factories swarming with Covid, sealed off from outside world

Officials confident draft law will secure unanimity, despite concerns from Hungary and Estonia