Economy
A simple truth is being missed: wages must rise or our economies will fall
A major rethink is needed to reverse years of vast geopolitical insecurity
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Is another Greek slump on the way?
After austerity was followed by stability and positivity, the country’s elusive search for sustainable growth is stalling
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Tinfoil helmet Brexiteering
Claims that Remainers are lying about the true cost of leaving the EU are more ridiculous than ever
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Rishi Sunak stays tight-lipped over Infosys
The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street
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We’ve no chance of becoming the new Silicon Valley and the Tories know it
Britain needs innovation. For that to happen, people need to believe it is a country with a future, not just a past
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Why is UK inflation so much worse than in Europe and the US?
Brexit pressures, from a devalued pound to a worker shortage, are to blame
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Jeremy Hunt’s plan to cut inheritance tax is a disaster
It will win votes from the well-off but lose huge amounts of tax revenue he could have used to help the poor
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Liz Truss was wrong about everything… except the irresponsible OBR
If the OBR were obliged to model a range of outcomes it would be far more constructive and could, finally, hand political responsibility back to the politicians
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Xi Jinping’s alternative world vision
China is trying to re-shape globalisation to its own ends. What does Beijing want – and what does it need?
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How Super Mario stored up trouble for the Eurozone
Draghi promised to do “whatever it takes” to prop up the single currency, but high interest rates have damaged his legacy
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Should we be worried about how safe our banks are?
We’ve supposedly built a better system, yet are there still collapses
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The outlook is better, but Britain is still bottom of the economic class
The new IMF forecasts contain little for Brexiteers to be cheerful about
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The Tories’ future is rejoin
The Conservatives exist only in order to win elections – they will soon twig that one path to doing that involves dumping Brexit
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Gibraltar’s Brexit limbo
Despite voting Remain, the Rock is now outside the EU – and it has “no deal”. Might Spain be about to “take back control”?
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The wannabe Nigel Lawsons have wrecked our economy
His successors as chancellor believe they can deliver tax cuts like his when they are no longer sustainable
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Does Sunak’s new trade deal really mean we can never rejoin the EU? Of course not
Linking up with Indo-Pacific countries won’t live up to the Brexiteers’ wild claims
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Britain is falling behind, thanks to Brexit
Britain led the first industrial revolution, but Europe will lead the next
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Where are the pension rights for 1950s-born women?
We won't beg. It's time for the government to acknowledge women's due - and pay it
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Brexit has ruined everything, everywhere, all at once
Jeremy Hunt’s budget shows that leaving the EU is only paying off in a parallel universe
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Banking is too risky to be left to bankers
Credit Suisse had been doing business for 167 years – how did it vanish so quickly? And, are we heading for a 2008-style meltdown?
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The problem of confidence
Another bank has collapsed, which shows once more that we have a global economy but local regulation
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Another Brexit dividend: Suppliers are running scared of doing business with Britain
Manufacturers say fears over red tape and political chaos are creating more uncertainty
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Sunak has let slip the truth about the single market. Brexit will never be the same again
Now the rest of Britain will ask, ‘if it’s so great, why aren't we in it too?’
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Poland will outgrow Britain unless we break our addiction to tax cuts
Keir Starmer’s target is laudable, but it requires a political sea change
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Sunak’s weakness could allow hard Brexiters to strip away our human rights
Pulling Britain out of the ECHR to appease his party’s hardliners would be a disaster
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Was Liz Truss a genius after all?
The short-lived PM’s new big idea sounds suspiciously familiar…
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Are we the new Italy?
Our economy is suffering the same problems of low growth and poor productivity experienced by our Italian neighbour
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Sunak’s pretence that Brexit bad news isn’t real will damage our economy even further
New figures put the cost at £1,000 of leaving the EU at per household per year
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The Bank of England delivers more Brexit bad news
Brexit halted UK growth by £29bn says a senior bank official
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Wideangle: How rich are the super-rich?
Which countries are home to Europe's uber wealthy?
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The tragic money tree
What happened to all Britain’s cash? The answer is that right wing economics have failed Britain – again
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Trouble at the millennials
In debt, still renting and with minuscule pensions to look forward to. Meet the doomed generation