Public finance
From Elizabeth II to Charles III: how the UK economy has changed
From rationing to taxes, house prices to health – the differences and similarities between the Britains of 1953 and 2023
Larry Elliott Economics editor
04, May, 2023 @9:00 AM
From pensions to pools: what to expect from Hunt’s spring budget
Biggest change to welfare system in a decade and extension of energy price guarantee among expected measures
Phillip Inman
15, Mar, 2023 @6:00 AM
Five charts that will shape Jeremy Hunt’s budget
From cooling inflation to easing staff shortages, we look at the factors behind the chancellor’s spending choices
Richard Partington Economics correspondent
15, Mar, 2023 @6:00 AM
Want to properly plug the UK’s north-south divide? Look to Germany | Larry Elliott
Boosting spending power, increasing public funding for science and tech skills, R&D and infrastructure could work
Larry Elliott
05, Mar, 2023 @11:04 AM
Tory austerity ‘has cost UK half a trillion pounds of public spending since 2010’
Thinktank says 2010-2019 spending would have been £540bn higher had previous plans been stuck to
Larry Elliott Economics editor
03, Mar, 2023 @10:37 AM
Cancelling fuel duty freeze could pay for public sector pay rise, says IFS
Tax and spending watchdog says pay rises would not cause inflation
Phillip Inman
28, Feb, 2023 @6:00 AM
Social workers in England quitting in record numbers
Numbers fall for first time since 2017 despite increased need due to cost of living crisis
Rachel Hall
23, Feb, 2023 @4:28 PM
Asda and Morrisons rationing some fruit and vegetables; UK private sector returns to growth – as it happened
Asda introduces a limit on tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, lettuce, salad bags, broccoli, cauliflower and raspberries, after bad harvest hits supplies
Graeme Wearden
21, Feb, 2023 @4:29 PM
Britain has missed out on £400bn of growth since 2010, says TUC
Tories blamed for creating economic ‘doom loop’ that fails to recognise negative impact of spending cuts
Phillip Inman
02, Feb, 2023 @8:54 AM
Two more members of the old boys’ club who brought Britain low | Letters
Letters: Gary Woodhouse laments the impact of austerity imposed by David Cameron and George Osborne, and Roger McGarva exalts Nesrine Malik’s skewering of Tory sleaze
01, Feb, 2023 @6:40 PM
‘Tell us which schools could collapse’: Labour will force ministers to reveal data
Teachers and parents voice fury over risk to life in England’s crumbling classrooms as DfE keeps survey details from public scrutiny
Toby Helm Political editor
29, Jan, 2023 @8:00 AM
Row growing after third historic rail bridge filled in with concrete
National Highways faces third intervention by a local authority over infilling, after burying Congham bridge in Norfolk in tonnes of concrete
Matthew Weaver
25, Jan, 2023 @7:00 AM
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