Public finance
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
North of England ‘would rank second worst for investment’ if OECD country
Thinktank says of advanced economies, only Greece would have lower public and private investment
Mark Brown North of England correspondent
25, Jan, 2023 @12:01 AM
Cash and the crown estate: a look at the British monarchy’s funding deal
The taxpayer funded sovereign grant will not accrue extra money from the monarch’s £1bn-a-year offshore wind leases. But the crown still has revenue from oil and gas drilling rights and real estate
Alex Lawson Energy correspondent
19, Jan, 2023 @4:54 PM
King Charles grants us a windfall from wind: now it is crucial we question ownership of the seabed | Molly Scott Cato
A monarchy ‘gift’ to the Treasury should not detract from the anachronistic convention of crown estate rights over land and sea
Molly Scott Cato
19, Jan, 2023 @3:55 PM
Sunak strives to be reassuring but is five-point plan all sleight of hand?
PM plans a ‘no tricks’ reset but with an inflation fall already expected this is more about hanging on at an election
Pippa Crerar Political editor
04, Jan, 2023 @7:09 PM
Scottish councils urge Sturgeon to suspend plans for national care service
Umbrella body for country’s 32 councils says plans would be too costly and disruptive at time of financial crisis
Severin Carrell Scotland editor
04, Jan, 2023 @1:17 PM
An alternative to government borrowing? Just print more money | Letter
Letter: Fawzi Ibrahim on why printing money doesn’t have to cause a rise in inflation
03, Jan, 2023 @6:28 PM
Five charts that show the UK’s economic prospects in 2023
Inflation, faltering GDP and rising unemployment are all on the cards for the country this year
Richard Partington Economics correspondent
29, Dec, 2022 @1:03 PM
In 2022 Liz Truss tried to bin economic orthodoxy – but what is it?
Rishi Sunak soon rowed back from his predecessor’s chaotic experiment, reasserting the seven pillars of UK Treasury wisdom
Larry Elliott Economics editor
27, Dec, 2022 @3:00 PM
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