All news on the topic: The economy

As Tory Jeremy Hunt reportedly plots slashing benefits and cutting inheritance tax, Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves unveiled Labour's plan to save working families up to £3,000 a year

Analysis claims cash has been washed down the plughole in failed projects and incompetence - including £15bn on duff Covid PPE and £2.3bn on the parts of HS2 Rishi Sunak abandoned

Security council secretary Nikolai Patrushev, 72, who is Russia's top security official, is often pegged as the most likely man to succeed Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin

The public want an immigration system that is fair and compassionate, and they want a Government that is competent and respects the law - at the moment they have neither

In her devastating letter, the former Home Secretary launched a series of barbs at the Prime Minister - but the Mirror's Jason Beattie sees hidden meanings behind her words

A former New York hedge fund manager has purchased a stake in Manchester United ahead of Sir Jim Ratcliffe's agreement to secure a del of 25 percentage ownership of the football club

Liz Truss said the document, which includes recommendations to cut the minimum wage and brands paid holidays and redundancy cash drags on growth, was "an important part of the debate"

Britain’s biggest foodbank network, the Trussell Trust, has given out a record 1.5million emergency parcels in just six months, and warned winter will get even worse

Ebbw Vale in Blaenau Gwent, Southeast Wales, is thought to be the fattest place in the UK - with takeaways allegedly delivering to the same home three times a day

Culture wars demonising refugees or trans women won’t trump an exacerbated cost of living crisis and neglected public services.

By the end of September, NatWest, HSBC, Lloyds and Barclays had combined profits almost topping £40billion, according to analysis of the banks’ public accounts by Unite

'The Tories can’t fix the country because they’ve already failed. Rishi Sunak admits the country needs to change, but his government cannot deliver it,' says Shadow Commons Leader Lucy Powell

Labour activists want Keir Starmer to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, and will resign until they get it. Fleet Street Fox says he's not going to miss them

The Prime Minister made the claim after reaching an agreement with technology firms to vet their models before their release, at the event at former codebreaking HQ Bletchley Park

For the bereaved families, the last few days of evidence have been harrowing - these horrifying revelations have been the equivalent of a political Partygate

The Bank of England base rate, which influences the interest rates offered by banks and lenders, is currently at 5.25% after the Monetary Policy Committee kept it unchanged in September

The former Prime Minister, who once pushed a Tory green agenda, was hired to boost investment in the Chinese-funded project which involved 'ocean grabbing and sand mining'

World affairs expert Anthony Glees says a new leader in Russia would likely look to end the war in Ukraine, if the Kremlin has its choice - that's if rumours of Vladimir Putin's death are true

Analysts have revealed which British towns have been hardest hit by the number of shop closures according to population - and two Tory seats are top of the list

Giving speculators the green light to be paid bonuses of more than 200% is utterly reckless and deeply unfair when more than one million children were in poverty last year

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation said the number of children in extreme poverty has almost tripled to more than one million with many struggling to get the food they need

The Living Wage Foundation today releases its annual rates - and the inflation-busting hike will help boost the budgets of hundreds of thousands struggling in the cost of living crisis

The cost of living crisis is already making life unmanageable, but thousands on low incomes face eye-watering monthly deductions, to correct errors made by government officials

Electricians, carpenters and joiners, and plumbers and heating engineers are likely to be in shortest supply - while the Midlands will be the worst-hit region

The Resolution Foundation has warned that the cost of servicing the UK's debt could soar to 5% of GDP if rates stay higher for longer and following current fiscal policy plans