Fear and sanctions have failed to get Britain working. Why not try tea and empathy?

A radical rebrand will get people off benefits and into training and work, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Interest rates ‘on path down’ despite hold at 5%, Bank of England chief says

Bank voted on Thursday not to change borrowing costs – but Andrew Bailey says cuts likely to resume

While the UK is far from overheating, the MPC still sees inflationary dynamics within the economy

CPI rise is below expectations for second month running, but Bank knows headline figure is far from the whole story

Annual rate in August unchanged, and hovering above Bank of England’s 2% target

Institute for Employment Studies says UK has 800,000 fewer people in work or looking for work since before Covid

UK to contribute £4m to Italian project on irregular migration, PM announces

Editorial: Keir Starmer made exacting promises on borrowing. Now he either breaks them – or makes more cuts and bleeds popularity

Action is needed to restore the damage done by the Tories to Britain’s international reputation

Ministers should stop wasting their time – and their hefty mandate – trying to make failed Tory policies work

OBR report is not all doom and gloom, but preventing debt rising to 274% of GDP would require tough action

Public finances under pressure from ageing population, climate crisis and security risks, OBR report says

Chancellor says revision of how much lenders must set aside to cope with future crises will bolster growth

The Labour leader may not have the charisma, or the punchlines, but he has a secret weapon – sincerity

Pre-election slowdown continues in July despite economists predicting growth of 0.2%