Economy

Ridiculous borrowing, impossible promises and an unwillingness to face reality have led to budget deadlock and talk of a Greek-style financial crisis

It’s being outdone by China and has failed to transition to electric vehicles. Can the big manufacturers on the continent go into overdrive? Or are they heading for a crash?

The EU’s new General Product Safety Regulation system launches on December 13, and will make it even harder for UK firms exporting to Europe

The right wing press love it, but this ‘scandal’ will join Angela Rayner’s flat and Keir Starmer’s lockdown beer in being quickly forgotten

Falling fertility rates mean more immigration is needed to grow the economy. Yet lots of boomers hate the idea

With a declining industrial base, a lack of support for emerging sectors, and a shaky financial landscape, the country’s downturn might be here to stay

These protests have picked the wrong cause. Brexit is what they should be angriest about

Thames Water is on the verge of going bust, is borrowing money from hedge funds and has taken out an emergency loan to see it through to Christmas. How on earth did it come to this?

Key questions about the cryptocurrency remain unanswered even as the Republican’s victory causes it to soar

Keir Starmer finds himself caught between the populist tyrant and a politically weakened continent. Which way should he go?

It’s not only what you spend but how you spend it that matters

Farmers are a short-term risk, but Labour’s biggest task is getting impatient Britain to buy into the power of long-term investment

The president-elect wants to drag the world back to the 1930s with his trade wars

Concerns over youth mobility and Northern Ireland are growing in Brussels

There is no economic justification for all farmers passing their estates on to their children tax-free

The Budget largely avoided tough choices as the new chancellor put pressure on Wes Streeting by throwing cash at the NHS

Rachel Reeves made a start on fixing the Conservatives’ years of waste - but it is nowhere near enough

Rachel Reeves will neglect the fact that Brexit and being outside of the single market costs the UK “more than £40 billion a year”

If Labour raises taxes and the uber-wealthy begin to leave, will anybody care?

This £200m policy would help children and be the first step to restarting Sure Start

Whatever Rachel Reeves announces will make her deeply unpopular. But that won’t necessarily mean she’s wrong

Clearly, the chancellor has no intention of courting short-term popularity as the budget looms

The loss of jobs has been a disaster and blown a £1bn hole in Britain’s tax revenues

Labour failed to look at the maternity allowance before publishing the Employment Rights Bill

The private equity industry – a wealth-extracting machine – is swallowing up UK businesses and stripping them of their assets while our politicians stand by

The IFS delivers a gloomy verdict that will put pressure on the chancellor for tax rises and spending cuts

If Labour can restore a sense of community, it will reap as much political benefit as any amount of good economic data

Rachel Reeves will have less to spend - but will argue the rise in applications vindicates her strategy

In China, wealth now comes at a cost

As October 30 looms, Reeves must prepare to perform a fiscal juggling act

After centuries of banking tradition, the country that gave birth to banks could be seeing their demise