Melissa Lawford

Ahead of the Budget, Rachel Reeves was clear: “There won't be a return to austerity,” the Chancellor told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. “There will be real-terms increases to government spending in this parliament.”

Two of the world’s largest miners are plotting a £130bn mega-merger to ride the net zero commodity boom.

The Home Secretary has rowed back on plans to extend ETA charges to transit flyers

Yvette Cooper has scrapped a £10 airport transit charge dubbed “devastating” by Heathrow Airport.

Rachel Reeves faces a £20bn black hole in the public finances due to soaring interest rates and crumbling economic growth, economists at JP Morgan have warned.

Businesses warn Rachel Reeves's flagship tax rise in employer National Insurance is pushing them to cut back on hiring and reduce pay rises - Yves Herman/Reuters

The UK may already be in recession as Rachel Reeves's record tax raid brings “extended agony” for the economy, an investment bank has warned.

National Insurance changes will cost industry £1bn, warns UKHospitality

The new president’s flagship promises are about to start having real-world consequences for the global economy

Compulsory liquidations of UK companies hit a decade-high last year following a late surge in the wake of Rachel Reeves’s record tax raid in the Budget, official figures show.