Economy

Starmer’s decision to cut heating benefits for pensioners is woeful politics, and Labour MPs are in despair

Keir Starmer pledged no tax rises for working people, yet that’s impossible. Unless, of course, he drops his red lines on the single market and customs union

Replacing unfair, outdated levies with taxes based on land value would benefit 77% of us and help the country level up

If Rachel Reeves wants to be a truly reforming chancellor, she should embrace a more radical approach to accounting

The same tax rate for earnings and wealth would be a seismic change that raised billions

Post-Brexit subsidies were supposed to save the countryside. Instead they’ve given landowners incentives to oust their tenant farmers

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has some tough decisions to make in October’s budget, but has options to achieve growth and avoid austerity

The 14 year experiment went on far too long. Now Labour has to make the economy work

Public opinion is changing on the idea of a Universal Basic Income. Could it solve our poverty crisis and improve productivity?

Falling interest rates have nothing to do with Labour’s new chancellor - but she will definitely take them

A payment to all OAPs was unjustified and unsustainable

Rachel Reeves’s cuts come only after the previous government squandered vast sums of money

The chancellor ripped up Tory legacy dreams and made the right call on the Winter Fuel Payment

Rachel Reeves delivered controversial cuts.. and then came 'proof' the Tories misled the nation

The Bank didn’t cut rates during the election – might it do so now?

The reason why Brexiteers are suddenly finding the capital unwelcoming lies closer to home than they think

The end of the “idiot premium” has strengthened the value of sterling

Three weeks in, Starmer has brought Britain closer to the EU, and outraged Brexiteers. What’s not to like?

In the aftermath of events in the US, it’s important not to fall into the same hyperbolic trap that plagued our media in the run-up to other recent elections

Mirroring updated EU product rules will cheer industry and enrage Brexiteers

A way to scrap this unfair, unpopular policy should have been at the heart of Labour’s King’s Speech

If the Treasury published an audit of the damage done by leaving, Starmer would face a serious political problem

With action rather than empty words, the new government could make Britain into a happier country, content to enjoy its advantages

Starmer’s first steps prove to voters that he intends to use the power he’s been handed

After the election, Rachel Reeves is in the perfect position to exert a little gentle blackmail

Staff and employers would need to come together to deal with the potential challenges

Here’s how Rachel Reeves can start setting the economy back on track without breaking the bank

A lacklustre campaign has been marked by an unwillingness to get real about Britain’s problems

Wild, unsubstantiated claims about Labour’s plans recall the worst of George Osborne

A damning report from a California university says we are in decline and decay

Foreign investors are shunning Britain, and there is only one reason why