Economy

Labour should scrap the Tories’ assault on PIP from day one, ending the victimisation of the long-term sick

Welcome to the Sevington Inland Border Facility, the Brexiteers’ gift to Britain

The Mail claims that NHS funding rises prove Brexit’s most notorious slogan was right. They’re wrong again

The prime minister saw a cigarette ban as his final chance to write a positive legacy. Then more Tory chaos left his relaunch in tatters

The Labour shadow foreign minister has written a thoughtful piece in Foreign Affairs – but when it comes to the EU, he’s wrong

With political willpower, 2025 could see London become the test bed for a new generation of rent control powers

Thames Water is a national scandal, but in Wales a not-for-profit counterpart goes from strength to strength

For years, president Erdoğan won almost every election he contested despite a deteriorating economic outlook

Change is needed for the UK’s much-vaunted creative sector to live up to its name

Deceitful Brexiters always knew that a post-Brexit Britain and Singapore would be deeply incompatible

Post-Brexit checks and charges on EU food imports are here – and we’ll soon notice their impact

A plan to lure high achievers is attracting less than 2% of all migrants

Giving business free rein while putting ordinary people on a tight leash is part of a depressing pattern

If it hadn’t been for the civil servants that the Conservatives so gleefully denigrate, Britain would have fallen apart years ago

Rachel Reeves will need to confront failures that others have ignored

As Britain sanctions Chinese cyberattackers, Europe starts to break with Xi’s pet funding project

The eye-catching tractor protests are justified from a stitched-up sector that mostly voted Leave

The only answer to our property problems is unlocking the ability to build more homes

If Reeves’ analysis is correct, her securonomics will eventually pay for itself

Pensioners who have benefited greatly from the triple lock should not get more at everyone else’s expense

If anyone’s “plan” is working, it’s the Bank of England’s

There is an easy way to stop scandals over political donors – by getting rid of them altogether

Civil service numbers have soared as the government undermines its own response to Brexit

James Timpson sets the standard that other business owners should look to emulate

At every step of my breathless and frustrating journey, Gatwick Airport was able to cash in on the unexpected delays

The elites of the global south have become remarkably disunited when faced with the prospect of their own bankruptcy

The UK has slipped three places to 11th on the list of the world’s top makers

Hunt’s grandstanding demonstrates the craziness of our current system

The data shows that more foreign workers are good for the UK. So why is the chancellor so keen to pretend otherwise?

Timpson’s high street company mends shoes, cuts keys and helps prisoners rehabilitate. Is it all too good to be true?

His Budget looks worse - and more cynical - by the day

A 2p cut in national insurance won’t make up for stealth rises in income tax