Economy
The government’s start to 2024 shows how desperate it is
From pints of champagne to a war on foreign students, it’s more dismal stuff
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Suez, 2024 style – the latest Brexit benefit
Rwanda and Brexit leave Britain facing a humiliation not seen since 1956 – with empty shelves and economic angst at home
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Councils will pay the price for Tory tax cuts
Local authorities can expect increasingly large cuts in the years to come as the Conservatives seek to fund their tax agenda
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The year in Brexit
Despite endless promises of post-EU jam tomorrow, Rishi Sunak’s government has been forced to eat humble pie over the last 12 months
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Sorry, Mark Francois: This isn’t 2019 and Rwanda isn’t Brexit
The barrel-chested Brexiteer is back - but this week has shown he is now an irrelevance
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Pandering to the far right on immigration will bring economic disaster
The government’s migration plans are a cruel mess that will harm British business – and they know it
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The economy is heading towards a crisis at Christmas
High wage growth means tough choices ahead for the Bank of England
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Christmas drinks just got more expensive, thanks to Brexit
Industry experts are warning that wines are ‘up £3 a bottle’ since the UK’s departure from the bloc
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Spiteful Sunak has ensured there is no money left – but here’s how Starmer could grow the economy
From planning laws to better skills to a proper industrial strategy, all is not quite lost for Britain
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Europe is fighting a different inflation battle to the UK
Europe's challenges with inflation requires very different weapons
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The Square Mile and the EU
The man who speaks for the City knows the bankers can’t do without Europe
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Rishi Sunak’s big business bash was just smoke and mirrors
Another gambit by the prime minister has ended with big boasts and little substance
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The autumn statement shows Britain can’t afford Brexit
Jeremy Hunt’s tinkering won’t kickstart growth or make up for the cost of leaving the EU
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Jeremy Hunt’s smoke and mirrors can’t hide high tax and low growth
No wonder the chancellor skipped over damning forecasts in his autumn statement
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Post-Brexit Britain has been captured by the FDI
Foreign Direct Investment is a key economic indicator – and it indicates that Britain is in big trouble
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Germansplaining: Germany’s budget bother
Breaking with their stereotype, the country’s fiscal responsibility has gone awry
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A new report reveals the huge and lasting economic costs of Brexit
Ever wondered why your taxes are so high and public services are in such a poor state? Now you know
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The British businesses being strangled by Brexit red tape
Nearly three-quarters of UK firms say leaving the EU has affected them “very negatively”
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Glory-stealing Rishi Sunak has very little to do with falling inflation
Price rises are finally slowing because of oil and gas, not because of the PM
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The Brexit ship of fools
The thinktank behind Liz Truss’s mini-budget now claims leaving the EU hasn’t harmed UK trade
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Millennials are getting poorer – and the government is to blame
New research shows people aged 30 are earning 8% less than their Gen X counterparts
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Despite political interference and falling memberships, trade unions are becoming more powerful
In the UK and the US, political parties must accept that trade unionism is on the rise
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Rishi Sunak has blown another big chance with a King’s Speech that ignored Britain’s financial woes
This was the time to tackle failing apprenticeships and the lack of an industrial strategy - it didn’t happen
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Light must be shed on dark money’s presence in politics, new report says
Nearly 60% demand more details of how think tanks are funded - and findings show right wingers are less transparent than those on the left
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There’s trouble in store for post-Brexit Britain
Thanks to higher costs, increased red tape and supply chain damage, we must get used to living in a country with empty shelves
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Britain’s scraps from the EU table
Post-Brexit Britain slides ever-further down the EU’s list of priorities
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Inheritance tax is fair: scrapping it would benefit only the wealthiest
Only the richest 4% will pay it, but everyone seems to hate it. Now it is in the government’s sights
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Cartoon: Should we rejoice about the bankers’ bonus cap removal?
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Britain needs to pay higher taxes
Want to know why? Just go abroad
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Brexit brings unattractive news for the beauty sector
A new report claims leaving the EU has created a £850m drop in the industry’s exports to Europe
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Sunak celebrates his first year by lifting the cap on bankers’ bonuses – and we’ll all pay for it
In trying to lure back financiers who left because of Brexit, the PM is opening Britain up to a new financial crisis
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“Russian money has completely corrupted the British establishment”: Bill Browder on the Kremlin’s influence over Brexit and a Russia without Putin
The US investor and prominent anti-Putin activist is gloomy about the likelihood of ousting the dictator