Planning changes offer a bright spot for Rachel Reeves – but grey areas exist
OBR’s verdict of a long-term 0.4% boost to GDP from fewer building restrictions will have real political impact but there are gaps in funding
The storm-battered chancellor needs her nextdoor neighbour to be a steadfast friend
Even if the UK manages to dodge the worst of Donald Trump’s tariffs, we will still suffer from the fallout of a global trade war
Prosecution of people who help clients evade tax in UK falls by 75% in five years
Fewer than five criminal cases were brought against those who aid tax dodgers in 2023-24, down from 16 in 2018-19
Who is running Britain’s economy – Rachel Reeves or Donald Trump?
The chancellor’s careful calculations for her spring statement are likely to be blown out of the water by a looming US trade war
The poor don’t need Reeves’s austerity. And neither does Britain
With the economy stagnating, this is the very worst time to depress demand in order to be seen to ‘balance the books’
The Observer view on the spring statement: Rachel Reeves balanced the books – but at whose expense?
Here was a successful economic strategy in the making, marred by its abdication of responsibility to some of society’s weakest
From more tax to rewriting budget rules: six alternative ways Rachel Reeves could raise money
The chancellor has been slated by politicians, the public and campaigners for pushing ahead with brutal welfare cuts – but there were other options
UK ministers need to ask why they are offered freebies – and who loses out
Firms who wine and dine officials may gain a seat at the policymaking table while the third sector is squeezed out
‘Down to the wire’: inside the UK’s crunch talks with the US as it bids to avoid Trump tariffs
Ministers seek carve-out from import taxes before 2 April deadline – but critics believe they may have offered too many concessions
How has fascism in Britain got this far? Neoliberalism has opened the door for it
We need a new politics of belonging, not Labour’s craven appeasement of capital, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
Reeves may have to find further cuts and tax hikes amid economic gloom
Rising costs and global uncertainty may force chancellor to turn to pensioners and wealthier taxpayers
Clean energy superpower – and now defence superpower. Can the UK really be both?
The government’s plan to ramp up defence spending means relying on carbon-intensive industries – and those won’t be the only policy compromises they have to make
‘Good chance’ Reeves will have to raise taxes in autumn budget, thinktank says – as it happened
Institute for Fiscal Studies also warns Reeves over her focus on sticking with fiscal rules regardless of real world events
Reeves could tax pensions and wealth if economy worsens, says IFS
Chancellor may have to reconsider pledge not to raise taxes in light of ‘risky and changing world’, thinktank says
Carmaker shares fall after Trump 25% tariff move as Reeves warns against trade war
Chancellor says UK not planning retaliatory tariffs on US ‘at the moment’ while PM calls move ‘very concerning’