
Updated GDP figures show UK recovering faster from pandemic than Germany or France , but mortgage approvals have fallen UK ECONOMY MAKES STRONGER RECOVERY FROM PANDEMIC THAN FIRST THOUGHT UK hou...
Revisions to figures show stronger performance than Germany and France but momentum starts to stall Business live – latest updates The UK economy made a faster recovery from the Covid pandem...
Thinktank says Tories have overseen the biggest increase in taxes during a parliament since records began in 1951 UK households are facing an average tax rise of £3,500 a year by the next elec...
Tanzania government blamed for violence against villagers in national park, while thousands more people face losing their homes The World Bank is investigating allegations of killings, rape and...
Survey finds parents under pressure, as second study finds some are leaving workforce because of costs Parents of nursery and primary school-age children are facing more than £600 of extra chi...
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/sep/28/childcare-costs-return-to-office-parents-pebble
Millions ‘holding on with their fingertips’ due to high interest rates, squeezed wages and Covid costs, says the European TUC boss, Esther Lynch Workers across Europe are “holding on with...
Thinktank chief and former Bank MPC member gloomy about stubborn inflation and labour shortages The UK economy will shrink this year and in 2024, according to a report by a leading US thinktan...
Study in the journal BMJ Public Health suggests premature deaths will rise 6.5% this year The cost of living crisis will probably cause thousands of premature deaths in the UK and significantly...
The project is shrouded in uncertainty and other countries’ railway constructions appear to be cheaper Sunak may seek to limit HS2 fallout with new transport projects in north The future of ...
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/25/why-has-hs2-ended-up-being-so-expensive
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news Great British slowdown has hamstrung our economy – thinktank JUST IN: EU ANTITRUST REGULATORS HAVE BLOCKED BOOKING HOLDINGS’ PROP...
We’re keen to hear from UK workers aged 50 and over what their reasons are for working part-time, and how this is affecting their lives Record numbers of people in their 50s and older are in ...
Country needs successful firms to grow and struggling ones to shrink, says Resolution Foundation The UK needs more businesses to fail, or at least shrink, to solve the economy’s long-running ...
Without economic stability the country is likely to be left without solid foundations for recovery Lehman Brothers was still in business, Gordon Brown was the prime minister and George Bush was...
Mental health issues and lack of faith in government support are driving desire to change status Mental distress and financial insecurity has pushed 40% of self-employed workers to say they wou...
There is no sign that furlough drove people away from the labour market, and research on Roosevelt’s New Deal found that big government bound the country together Liz Truss is back in the news...
Her worst ideas were reversed, but today’s economy is similarly floundering as Sunak prepares for his own autumn budget Imagine an alternative world. Liz Truss has just completed her first ye...
Some surveys predict recession, but with pay and confidence rising, they may be wrong. That’s the best we, and the PM, can hope for Another year of stagnation beckons. Well into 2024, we’l...
Mounting optimism that home-loan costs have peaked after Bank of England keeps interest rates on hold SHOULD YOU CHOOSE A TWO-YEAR OR FIVE-YEAR FIXED MORTGAGE? UK lenders are expected to launc...
Service sector and manufacturing output falls, with cost of living crisis also hitting businesses Business live – latest updates Britain’s economy is at growing risk of recession, with ind...
The US Fed is planning tough reforms, but earlier intervention could have prevented collapses at Silicon Valley Bank and others Bank capital is back in the financial headlines. In late July, US...