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Economic policy

  • Andy Burnham holds John Healey's hand in the air.

    ‘If voters aren’t better off by the next election, we’re screwed’: Labour insiders voice fears over budget

  • Striking workers wave flags and flares atop the July Column at the Place de la Bastille during a Paris protest

    France’s dilemma: protesters demand spending as markets require fiscal restraint

  • A man dressed in a black sweatshirt and jeans carrying a microphone stand walks off stage. In the backdrop is a the logo of the National Emergency Briefing with a British flag on it

    Britons kept in dark about scale of climate crisis, say viewers of ‘first-of-its-kind’ emergency briefing

    Nine out of 10 people felt motivated to act after watching film outlining threats to food security, economy and public health
  • Kemi Badenoch at the Conservative party conference.

    Badenoch’s inheritance tax gambit makes no economic sense

    The Tory leader’s proposal to slash the tax would shovel £6bn of taxpayer money to the already-wealthy
  • A red kettle sits beside a digital smart meter display showing energy usage on a kitchen counter

    Labour could oversee worst parliament on record for living standards, study warns

    Energy and housing costs threaten biggest decline in modern times unless bold action taken, says thinktank
  • IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva raises both hands while speaking on stage before a blue screen

    IMF chief urges governments to tighten belts as global debt levels soar

    Kristalina Georgieva says big economies will have to make ‘very touch choices’ as soaring bond yields hit budgets
  • Kemi Badenoch greets supporters and poses for a selfie as she arrives at Conservative party conference

    Tories unite behind Badenoch, but road to recovery remains long

    Farage’s woes have given some a reason to hope, but insiders say focus on economy over culture wars is needed to win back centrist voters
  • Margaret Thatcher in 1983.

    The Guardian view on Tory economics: Britain’s future needs more than Thatcher’s past

    Editorial: The Conservatives blame their failures on abandoning their 1976 principles. But the country needs investment and resilience rather than another round of spending cuts
  • Shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith speaks during day two of the Conservative party conference

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Tory plan to cut energy efficiency rule for builders will cost new home owners £1,000 a year, says thinktank – as it happened

    A researcher at a climate change think tank says the Conservative policy would be a ‘disaster for first time buyers’
  • Shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith

    Tories plan to extend cuts beyond £47bn previously pledged, leak reveals

    Exclusive: Shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith told party members last year he had discussed making further savings if they win next election
  • Andy Burnham opens his arms as he speaks in front of a Labour sign and a sign saying 'Hope again'

    ‘He feels more relatable’: Burnham’s conference speech wins praise from drifting Labour voters

    The UK prime minister has earned his party a rehearing but the battle of public opinion is not yet won
  • In the first episode of Radical Thinking, a new series from the Guardian, senior economics commentator Aditya Chakrabortty speaks to the former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis. What does he make of Andy Burnham's plans to 'rewire' the UK economy? Radical Thinking will be published every Saturday in the Politics Weekly feed

    Politics Weekly UK
    'There’s no such thing as democracy' – Yanis Varoufakis | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty

    In the first episode of Radical Thinking, a new series from the Guardian, senior economics commentator Aditya Chakrabortty speaks to the former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis. What does he make of Andy Burnham's plans to 'rewire' the UK economy? Radical Thinking will be published every Saturday in the Politics Weekly feed
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  • Row of slot machines

    Would a gambling tax rise in the budget really shut shops and cost jobs?

    Most of the betting industry is urging the chancellor not to double slot machine duty to raise up to £460m more a year
  • John Healey delivering his speech at the Labour party conference

    Labour figures uneasy about Healey’s ‘underpowered’ approach to budget

  • Larry Elliott

    double quotation markRightwing economic myths could derail Burnham’s project – to destroy them, look to Keynes

    Larry Elliott

September 2026

  • Nils Pratley

    double quotation markGovernment must stop dithering over energy bill support for the vulnerable

    Nils Pratley
    Ministers should introduce a properly targeted social tariff rather than tinker with the warm homes discount
  • Andy Burnham and John Healey at the Labour party conference in LiverpoolUK Chancellor John Healey Delivers Speech At Labour Party Annual Conference 2026, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom - 28 Sep 2026

    ‘Visible and engaged’: Burnham in listening mode with businesses at Labour party conference

    PM reassures firms and chancellor vows help on costs – but unease remains over possible budget tax rises

    • The Guardian view on Britain’s new chancellor: his purpose must be to protect living standards

    • Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
      Shabana Mahmood says Labour party wants to create ‘fairness in our immigration system’ – as it happened

    • double quotation markLabour’s modest reheat of help to buy is worth a try

      Nils Pratley
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