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,...
Treasury may have broken law by failing to reveal £9.5bn spend in Tory budget, MPs told
Treasury officials may have broken the law when they failed to alert the Office for Budget Responsibility about £9.5bn of spending that should have...
Investors brace for volatile trading week as US election draws near
Global investors are bracing for a week of volatile trading in financial markets before one of the most closely fought US elections in history.As...
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...
Rachel Reeves goes back to the future with a tax and spend budget
The days of tax and spend are supposed to be over, but clearly no one told Rachel Reeves. The chancellor’s debut budget – with...