Economy

Thames Water is a national scandal, but in Wales a not-for-profit counterpart goes from strength to strength

For years, president Erdoğan won almost every election he contested despite a deteriorating economic outlook

Change is needed for the UK’s much-vaunted creative sector to live up to its name

Deceitful Brexiters always knew that a post-Brexit Britain and Singapore would be deeply incompatible

Post-Brexit checks and charges on EU food imports are here – and we’ll soon notice their impact

A plan to lure high achievers is attracting less than 2% of all migrants

Giving business free rein while putting ordinary people on a tight leash is part of a depressing pattern

If it hadn’t been for the civil servants that the Conservatives so gleefully denigrate, Britain would have fallen apart years ago

Rachel Reeves will need to confront failures that others have ignored

As Britain sanctions Chinese cyberattackers, Europe starts to break with Xi’s pet funding project

The eye-catching tractor protests are justified from a stitched-up sector that mostly voted Leave

The only answer to our property problems is unlocking the ability to build more homes

If Reeves’ analysis is correct, her securonomics will eventually pay for itself

Pensioners who have benefited greatly from the triple lock should not get more at everyone else’s expense

If anyone’s “plan” is working, it’s the Bank of England’s

There is an easy way to stop scandals over political donors – by getting rid of them altogether

Civil service numbers have soared as the government undermines its own response to Brexit

James Timpson sets the standard that other business owners should look to emulate

At every step of my breathless and frustrating journey, Gatwick Airport was able to cash in on the unexpected delays

The elites of the global south have become remarkably disunited when faced with the prospect of their own bankruptcy

The UK has slipped three places to 11th on the list of the world’s top makers

Hunt’s grandstanding demonstrates the craziness of our current system

The data shows that more foreign workers are good for the UK. So why is the chancellor so keen to pretend otherwise?

Timpson’s high street company mends shoes, cuts keys and helps prisoners rehabilitate. Is it all too good to be true?

His Budget looks worse - and more cynical - by the day

A 2p cut in national insurance won’t make up for stealth rises in income tax

Brexit supporters claim Germany’s crisis proves we were right to leave the EU. That’s puerile, illogical stuff

We need a Britain that rewards hard work, where so-called tax exiles and clever tax accountants are no longer seen as heroes

The UK’s main fiscal rule encourages reckless chancellors to pile on debt and let others deal with the consequences

Jeremy Hunt is an admirer of the chancellor whose policies caused a massive recession

Instead of a pitiful tax cut and more shuffling of deckchairs on the Tory Titanic, this programme would revitalise Britain

Germany’s tax system is at the heart of the country’s institutional sexism