Economy

Reform’s deputy leader is under pressure over the same kind of allegations he once used to bash Angela Rayner

Voters have fallen out of love with the social security net – which is odd seeing as so many are likely to use it at some point. What went wrong?

The continent needs to take the crucial step towards ending US global economic dominance. Here’s how to do it

For Trump to stand a chance at the mid-terms, he needs to win over independents. But they hate him – and their dislike is only growing

The region is getting hotter and drier to the point of being uninhabitable. And in the coming decades, as the world moves to renewables and the oil price starts to collapse, what then?

The president is probably not directly part of insider trading - but those close to him could well be

Bring back quantitative easing, reboot the OBR and – for a while – let inflation shrink the debt mountain

We were lab rats in one of the biggest economic experiments of all time. It was a disaster, and it’s getting worse all the time

The argument over the design of Britain’s banknotes is absurd, and misses a much more important financial decision taken in Westminster that most politicians seem to have missed or ignored

The oil supply has gone and with an economy in ruins, Cubans are now struggling to eat. US sanctions are pushing the Caribbean nation towards catastrophe

Prediction markets are a way of betting on the future. But have members of the Trump administration been using them to profit from secret military knowledge?

Young people can’t get a job nowadays. It’s not because they’re workshy, or snowflakes – it’s because last year, over a million 16-24 year olds were chasing just 17,000 positions. The result? Misery

For a while it looked as if Elon Musk would dominate the world of electric cars – but then he turned out to be a basket-case. Now there’s a new global leader in town

With his own man as chair of the Federal Reserve, and infuriated by the Supreme Court ruling on tariffs, the president might now seek to manipulate the currency for political ends

While older Britons have their final salary pensions and the triple lock, young people today can’t even afford to start a family. That could be pushing the country towards political disaster

Economic facts are catching up with the political untruths of the Trump administration

One neighbourhood in Nairobi is now so commercially successful that it has become a regional trade hub

If voting was compulsory, the interests of the young would get a lot more political attention. As it is, they are ignored, in favour of the old

The Brexit project was dreamed up, funded and led by City boys. No wonder they fear Starmer moving closer to the EU

Gen Z were ignored, insulted and their most important years were ruined by Covid. Today’s young, Gen A, must have a better start. Our future depends on it

The winter fuel mess, the farm inheritance tax u-turn and now the debacle over pubs: why can’t this government plan in advance?

The government’s business rates u-turn has brought temporary relief, but long-term trends suggest thousands more locals - especially in rural areas - will go

Labour's gamble believes that AI will steer everything in future. The risk of being left behind is too existential not to gamble

The GB News and Spectator owner says he always knew there would be short-term economic downsides to Brexit. He kept that quiet

Immigration crackdowns are cutting revenues from overseas students - and now some institutions are on the brink

The paper somehow tried to dress up the sharp fall as a humiliation for chancellor Rachel Reeves

In the aftermath of the budget, Starmer and Reeves have faced a wall of right wing rage. If he wants to win in 2029, he must take the heat out of UK politics

Digging into the detail and data to separate the noise from the news

The chancellor recognises the power of getting children to read - now she must convince the parents

The chancellor used political tricks to deliver a softer budget than expected - but she is storing up economic pain

A government doesn’t get many chances to make real change. Today was one of those opportunities - the chancellor missed it

The newspaper has a long, proud history of getting it completely wrong - as one egregious example from history shows