All news on the topic: The economy

Columnist Rachael Bletchly says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's sudden reinvention as a full-on glass-half-full optimist bent on getting the economy bouncing like Tigger is a load of old Poohsticks

BBC Chairman Richard Sharp, whose appointment is under investigation after it was claimed he helped Boris Johnson get an £800,000 line of credit, was Rishi Sunak's boss at Goldman Sachs, before being brought in to advise Rishi Sunak during Covid

The Ashfield MP sparked fury this week by claiming foodbank users squander their money on “fags and booze”

The Chancellor claimed that people at home were not 'remotely interested in personal tax affairs' after delivering a speech on the government's economic priorities

The dismal analysis came as Chancellor Jeremy Hunt gave a speech laying out the government's plans for investment and growth

Shadow Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds pledged to help the steel industry go green as he gathered the bosses of firms and trade union representatives for a summit

Confederation of British Industry director general Tony Danker will warn in a speech today that parents are being forced to limit the hours they work because affordable childcare is not available

Wearing a seat belt is a legal requirement for all drivers and passengers - a spokesman for the Prime Minister said it 'was a brief error of judgement'

Today Simon Clarke, who served as a Cabinet Minister when Liz Truss was Prime Minister, had the gall to tell nurses relying on foodbanks they needed to 'budget better and take responsibility'

The Prime Minister announced the cash to regenerate the town centre in Catterick six months after footage emerged of him boasting about diverting levelling-up funds from deprived, urban areas

The Chancellor was accused of airbrushing out Liz Truss's disastrous economic policy as he blamed Covid, the war in Ukraine and rising energy prices for inflation in a bizarre two-minute video

The economy crash, the NHS crisis, Covid and the invasion of Ukraine don’t explain why we’re doing worse than similar nations, so Rishi Sunak will struggle to escape the grave

The Trade Union Law Group of specialist lawyers claims that would go against worker protection rights enshrined under human rights conventions and international treaties

Both Tories and Labour politicians are pledging to get disabled people back into work, but what about those of us who can’t work?

Three major education unions - the NEU, NASUWT and the NAHT - are balloting their members over whether to take strike action over pay, with the results expected to be announced in the coming days

Labour will force a Commons vote today to strong-arm the Government into setting up a new committee to examine reforming the tax perks enjoyed by elite institutions

Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Jonathan Ashworth said conditions on benefits were “important” to uphold people's “rights and responsibilities”, and will continue

Welfare chief Jonathan Ashworth pledged to “de-risk the journey into work” if Labour get into government - but he warned benefit sanctions would remain for some who refuse to engage

Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Jonathan Ashworth will announce a string of planned reforms to the DWP system, in a bid to get more people into work

Waiting times for Access to Work grants have skyrocketed - as one employment advisor told the Mirror 'the delays have caused my customers to lose their jobs'

Brian Reade says that under the Tories, we have witnessed Britain stagnate economically and intellectually, becoming insular, divided and broken - and the divide in our country is now huge

During his first major speech of 2023, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised to cut NHS waiting lists, grow the economy and tackle the small boats crisis

In his first major speech as PM, Mr Sunak gave five promises to reboot his crisis-hit Government, including slashing NHS waits - but there was no mention of his party’s decade-long funding squeeze on the NHS

The Energy Bill Relief Scheme for businesses and charities will finally be announced next week by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt - and he's warned it will be seriously stripped back

The post-Christmas return to work will be hit by disruption as members of the RMT union stage industrial action today, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, with road travel also hampered by strikes