Economic growth (GDP)

Labour’s green pledge offers everything voters want: to delay it would be foolish | Rebecca Newsom
Swift investment would make any Labour government a climate and economic leader, says Rebecca Newsom, head of politics at Greenpeace
Rebecca Newsom
10, Jun, 2023 @7:00 AM

Jeremy Hunt expresses concern about cost of living crisis after OECD forecast
Chancellor responds to news UK likely to avoid recession but will have one of highest inflation rates among G20
Larry Elliott Economics editor
07, Jun, 2023 @11:52 AM

UK property market lacks spring bounce but a crash is unlikely | Larry Elliott
It’s reasonable to expect a fall in nominal house prices of at least 10%. That’s a chunky fall – and a welcome one
Larry Elliott
04, Jun, 2023 @10:03 AM

Tory mayor calls MP a ‘liar and a coward’ over claims about Teesworks project
Ben Houchen dismisses accusations of corruption and and wrongdoing made by Labour MP for Middlesbrough Andy McDonald
Mark Brown North of England correspondent
31, May, 2023 @5:15 PM

Rishi Sunak warned over possible UK recession in 2024
High inflation likely to push interest rates above 5% and force up mortgage and loan payments just ahead of election
Richard Partington and Rowena Mason
26, May, 2023 @5:41 PM

Partygate: Nadine Dorries suggests Boris Johnson Chequers records might have wrong names and dates – as it happened
Former culture secretary says prime ministerial diaries ‘are frequently wrong’
Andrew Sparrow
26, May, 2023 @2:41 PM

UK interest rates forecast to jump above 5% this year after higher-than-expected inflation – as it happened
Rolling, live coverage of business, economics and financial markets as consumer price index inflation reaches 8.7%, well above forecasts
Jasper Jolly
24, May, 2023 @2:50 PM

Why the panic over rising immigration? The post-Brexit system is working | Jonathan Portes
Wages remain a problem, but rising numbers of skilled non-EU workers appear to be helping the NHS, social care, and indeed the overall UK economy, says Jonathan Portes of King’s College London
Jonathan Portes
23, May, 2023 @12:32 PM

They’re openly saying it: Brexit has failed. But what comes next may be very dark indeed | Jonathan Freedland
The ‘remoaner elite’, the civil service, the BBC, universities, unions, refugees: anything is blamed but Brexit itself, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
Jonathan Freedland
19, May, 2023 @4:06 PM

Record numbers of British workers are sick. No wonder the economy is too. But there is a cure
The Tories have failed to pursue the obvious answers to this crisis, punishing ill people and NHS strikers instead, says Guardian economics editor Larry Elliott
Larry Elliott
18, May, 2023 @7:00 AM

People in the UK in their 50s and 60s: if you’re working less now, what are you doing instead?
We’re keen to hear what Britons in their 50s and 60s have been doing with their time since they’ve begun working fewer hours, or stopped working completely
Guardian community team
16, May, 2023 @11:39 AM

International students boosted UK economy by £42bn in 2021/2 – study
Report finds economic benefit to UK rose by a third in three years, making overseas students a significant contributor to economy
Sally Weale Education correspondent
16, May, 2023 @5:00 AM
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