Economy

Pulling Britain out of the ECHR to appease his party’s hardliners would be a disaster

The short-lived PM’s new big idea sounds suspiciously familiar…

Our economy is suffering the same problems of low growth and poor productivity experienced by our Italian neighbour

New figures put the cost at £1,000 of leaving the EU at per household per year

Brexit halted UK growth by £29bn says a senior bank official

Which countries are home to Europe's uber wealthy?

What happened to all Britain’s cash? The answer is that right wing economics have failed Britain – again

In debt, still renting and with minuscule pensions to look forward to. Meet the doomed generation

The unsurprising collapse of Britishvolt, and the total lack of strategy or investment in batteries, will be the final nail in the coffin for the car industry

But the question remains: will Rishi Sunak learn from this?

The biggest enemy of “Global Britain” is its economy

The consequences of ending the free movement of people between Britain and the EU are becoming painfully clear

The need to work together on Putin, China and extreme weather mean even the Leaver in No 10 now wants closer ties with Europe

Making those who can afford it pay more is the logical first step to resolve the crisis at the heart of the NHS

The former chancellor’s tax avoidance scheme, which has left his political career in the balance, was uncovered by an independent tax expert who Zahawi then tried to frustrate through legal means. Here’s how he did it

Over 1,000 staff were redeployed to deal with the fall-out from leaving the EU. Now, the financial consequences are coming to light

The OBR forecast that Brexit would cost the UK economy 4% of GDP now looks ridiculously optimistic as the damage mounts

How do costs vary across the continent?

We’re in a recession, energy bills are due to rise again and the timebomb of an ageing population ticks on. But Britain continues to live in a fantasy

The prime minister’s push for numeracy rings hollow as his government persists in ignoring the numbers

Brexit was always going to be a recipe for the long-term decline of London as a financial centre Any ideas that suggested otherwise were ludicrous

Less of a political slogan and more of a statement of fact, Britain's decline under the Tories is now recognised well beyond our shores

A bank in Italy accepts cheese as a deposit. And why not?

Bands, lawyers and architects are all suffering as Brexit damages a sector that makes up 80% of the UK economy

The “message to Putin” idea merely made Zahawi look in need of close nursing assistance himself

Faced with the first episode of stagflation since the 1970s, it's now time to rethink

Greece’s wildest peninsular, the Mani, is a place of ruined towers and ‘functional anarchy’

Brexit sent the message that we have detached ourselves from economic reality. With that, investors' confidence evaporated

Many of those who backed leaving the EU now admit that it has damaged Britain. Are we near a tipping point?

Britain has collapsed under Brexit. Now, the Tories must pay for this crisis with a generation out of power

It's a falsehood being peddled by the government at its own peril