Tax rises in budget sap UK consumer confidence and will hit pay growth, say reports
Tax rises in the budget have sapped consumer confidence and will lead to sharp reductions in private sector pay growth next year, two separate...
Are you worried about inflation? Then fear Trump, not Rachel Reeves | William Keegan
Having been fairly critical of my (almost) friend Rachel Reeves’s approach to her first budget, I wish to put in a word of praise...
Cost increases for shops and pubs are real and large. Pity the small operators | Nils Pratley
Wednesday’s number of the day in the UK corporate scene was £60m. It is what Marks & Spencer expects to pay extra in employers’...
Trump tariffs would halve UK growth and push up prices, says thinktank
UK growth would be halved in the event Donald Trump wins the US presidential race and imposes the swingeing new tariffs he has threatened,...
Investment drives growth. That’s why gloomy forecasters are so wrong about the budget | Will Hutton
There is a consensus among economists that a precondition for higher growth is higher levels of investment, and that one of the most certain...
The Observer view: a bold budget that’s the right response to years of neglect
The first Labour budget in 14 years introduced some much-needed honesty on the requirement for higher taxes and borrowing in an ageing society characterised by...