Economy

Labour’s immigration changes could cost £11bn due to ‘significant loss’ for UK workforce
Immigration

Labour’s immigration changes could cost £11bn due to ‘significant loss’ for UK workforce

Former home secretary Yvette Cooper made sweeping changes to the UK’s immigration system, including ending recruitment on the health and care worker visa

How Britain’s high street decline is fuelling Reform UK’s rise: ‘There’s a sense that politics has failed’
Reform UK

How Britain’s high street decline is fuelling Reform UK’s rise: ‘There’s a sense that politics has failed’

‘There is a sense that politics has failed us, and you’re reminded of that every time you see a boarded-up shop’

What Rachel Reeves can learn from Donald Trump
Paul McNamee

What Rachel Reeves can learn from Donald Trump

Rachel Reeves can’t catch a break. Even her attempts at humour fall flat

Sky-high rents mean ageing tenants ‘won’t be able to retire’ – adding billions to the benefits bill
RENTING

Sky-high rents mean ageing tenants ‘won’t be able to retire’ – adding billions to the benefits bill

What Starmer could learn from watching The Bear
Paul McNamee

What Starmer could learn from watching The Bear

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Starmer and Trump agree ‘historic’ UK-US trade deal. Here’s everything you need to know
UK-US trade deal

Starmer and Trump agree ‘historic’ UK-US trade deal. Here’s everything you need to know

Save tens of billions in public money by ending hunger – not slashing benefits, government told
Hunger

Save tens of billions in public money by ending hunger – not slashing benefits, government told

LGBTQ+ inclusion doesn’t just benefit certain Brits – it helps all of us
Dominic Arnall

LGBTQ+ inclusion doesn’t just benefit certain Brits – it helps all of us

World War II made America great. Trump’s trade war could finally be its undoing
John Bird

World War II made America great. Trump’s trade war could finally be its undoing

Scottish whisky and salmon exporters brace for ‘significant hit’ from Trump’s tariff war
Tariffs

Scottish whisky and salmon exporters brace for ‘significant hit’ from Trump’s tariff war

This is how Donald Trump’s tariff war could affect your bin collection
Paul McNamee

This is how Donald Trump’s tariff war could affect your bin collection

Will Trump send us into a global recession? Potentially, say experts – but austerity not the answer
Global Recession

Will Trump send us into a global recession? Potentially, say experts – but austerity not the answer

These are the UK regions set to be hit hardest by Trump’s tariffs
Donald Trump

These are the UK regions set to be hit hardest by Trump’s tariffs

Trump’s ‘liberation day’ tariffs will unleash a ‘world of pain’ on ordinary people, experts warn
Donald Trump

Trump’s ‘liberation day’ tariffs will unleash a ‘world of pain’ on ordinary people, experts warn

Donald Trump’s import tariffs could ‘completely destabilise’ UK’s car industry
Donald Trump

Donald Trump’s import tariffs could ‘completely destabilise’ UK’s car industry

Letters: Covid was a chance to reset. So why are we still working until we drop?
Letters

Letters: Covid was a chance to reset. So why are we still working until we drop?

Rachel Reeves doubles down on welfare cuts in Spring Statement: ‘This is change for the worse’
Spring Statement

Rachel Reeves doubles down on welfare cuts in Spring Statement: ‘This is change for the worse’

Cuts, taxes and Labour dissent: What to expect from the chancellor’s Spring Statement
Spring Statement

Cuts, taxes and Labour dissent: What to expect from the chancellor’s Spring Statement

Germany’s extreme right profited from economic decline. Keir Starmer should take note
Jakob Hafele

Germany’s extreme right profited from economic decline. Keir Starmer should take note

DWP blew tens of millions in taxpayer cash on fighting disability benefit claims
Exclusive

DWP blew tens of millions in taxpayer cash on fighting disability benefit claims

Bad news for Labour: Voters who feel ‘economically insecure’ far more likely to switch parties
Politics

Bad news for Labour: Voters who feel ‘economically insecure’ far more likely to switch parties

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It’s been a decade since UK inflation fell to 0%. Here’s why that’s ‘actually quite a bad thing’
Inflation

It’s been a decade since UK inflation fell to 0%. Here’s why that’s ‘actually quite a bad thing’

Rachel Reeves sets Labour on collision course with environmentalists over ‘bats and newts’
Nature

Rachel Reeves sets Labour on collision course with environmentalists over ‘bats and newts’

Disability benefits such as PIP are actually good for the economy, economists say
Disability benefits

Disability benefits such as PIP are actually good for the economy, economists say

Bingo and karaoke with Barry from EastEnders: How the UK’s entertainment economy is changing
Entertainment

Bingo and karaoke with Barry from EastEnders: How the UK’s entertainment economy is changing