Sam Fleming

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is committed to ‘one major fiscal event every year’, say officials

Fall in private sector employment blamed on Reeves’ £25bn increase in employer national insurance contributions

Stubborn inflation and stalling growth have driven yields back to the highs reached after October’s Budget

Chancellor plans set-piece new year speech to reboot growth ‘mission’ as invidious fiscal choices loom

On both sides of Atlantic, most surveyed claim protectionist shift will overshadow benefits of other policies

Meg Hillier highlights damaging consequences of under-investment in key forecasting systems

London/Washington | Donald Trump's vision to reshape the world's largest economy through protectionist policies that put “America First” will damage

Ministers look to booming sector as wider growth loses momentum

Tax and wage rises have caused confidence to ‘slump’, warns British Chambers of Commerce

Debt market flare-ups show growing pushback against governments’ loose fiscal policies