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According to fund’s World Economic Outlook, Britain is on course to average 3.4% this year and 2.5% in 2026US shares risk ‘sharp correction’ but markets seem complacent, IMF warnsWorld economy resilient amid Trump tariffs but outlook looks ‘dim’, says …
Unemployment rate rises slightly to 4.8% but ONS says falls in and payroll numbers and vacancies are levelling offBusiness live – latest updatesBritain’s employment market has shown signs of stabilising after a sharp rise in job losses earlier this yea…
Changes intended to reduce ‘burdensome bureaucracy’ and make it easier to build windfarms, reservoirs and housingMinisters are making it easier to build new windfarms, reservoirs and large housing developments as part of a series of changes to the gove…
Exclusive: 13 mainly northern MPs say a new system should better account for higher house prices in south-eastMore than a dozen Labour MPs have written to Rachel Reeves calling on her to scrap council tax, as the chancellor faces mounting pressure to o…
Inflation also hitting sales, says industry body, as Barclays says credit card spending fell in SeptemberUK retail sales growth cooled last month as concerns over inflation and looming tax increases in Rachel Reeves’s autumn budget weighed on British c…
Officials say increased dependence on technology leaves society more vulnerable to threats such as ransomware“Highly significant” cyber-attacks rose by 50% in the past year and the UK’s security services are now dealing with a new nationally significan…
Thinktank says UK could raise significant funds by tackling some of the longstanding ‘inefficiency and unfairness’ in tax systemRachel Reeves must avoid “a half-baked dash for revenue” or risk damaging economic growth as the chancellor seeks to close a…
Labour embraced the forecaster’s powerful role, but now finds itself scrambling in the face of gloomy projectionsReeves looks for more headroom in budget to insulate against bond marketFor a crew of 50-odd nerds sharing an uninspiring concrete block in…
Chancellor hopes to raise enough funds to stop damaging speculation about breaching fiscal rulesRachel Reeves v the OBR: chancellor aims to loosen the watchdog’s gripRachel Reeves is aiming to create more “headroom” against her fiscal rules in November…
Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey speak to the education secretary and Labour deputy leadership candidate Bridget Phillipson about the plan for a ceasefire in Gaza, as well as why she is pushing the prime minister and chancellor to get rid of the two-child…