Mixed economic forecast weighs heavy ahead of midterms
There was a mixed Halloween bag of economic news this week. GDP growth is up, but so are prices. For now at least, interest rates are staying the sam...
Budget 2026: John Healey offers £100 payment to households to help navigate ‘global economic storms’
Cash to 20m households part of package to help cut energy bills and ease cost-of-living crisisBudget 2026: key points at a glanceBudget 2026 live – la...
Repairing Brexit economic damage should be Burnham’s top priority, business chief says
Shevaun Haviland argues PM is right to revisit Labour’s EU red lines as current trading relationship is bad for businessRepairing the economic damage ...
Poland looks to economic heights in a country transformed since Soviet days
In the final part of our series on the country, Poles tell how wages have soared – along with the cost of livingAbove the rain-soaked streets of Warsa...
Badenoch’s inheritance tax gambit makes no economic sense | Heather Stewart
The Tory leader’s proposal to slash the tax would shovel £6bn of taxpayer money to the already-wealthyKemi Badenoch’s inheritance tax gambit is a Cons...
Iran’s oil minister resigns as country’s economic crisis worsens
Departure comes amid large drop in oil receipts, rampant inflation and shrinking economyIran’s oil minister has resigned days after allegations that a...
Chalmers says global economic turmoil will drive budget cuts, but Australia should avoid recession
Treasurer says ‘very substantial and intensifying pressure’ on federal budget as he points finger at private sector for driving up inflation amid Midd...
New tool directly links carbon emissions to amount of environmental and economic damage caused
Carbon Impacts Tracer can be used to estimate climate impact from emissions across eight different factors, including lost food productionThe biggest ...
The economic squeeze is pushing up poverty rates for older adults
Despite lower poverty overall, the rate for seniors has been steadily rising in recent years. A new AARP survey sheds light on how those over 50 are s...
Critics of UK government’s economic forecaster are ‘shooting the messenger’, say MPs
Treasury committee rejects calls for fundamental reform of independent watchdog the Office for Budget ResponsibilityAttacks on the government’s indepe...
Trump calls on allies to enforce ‘complete economic isolation of Iran’ in UN speech
US president threatens to ‘annihilate’ Tehran and dismisses threat from AI as a ‘hoax’ in bellicose addressThe US president, Donald Trump, has called ...
