How can Rachel Reeves reduce inflation? Five ways the chancellor could mitigate a UK inflation rate that is harming households – and Labour’s vote share The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2025
Trump tariffs would halve UK growth and push up prices, says thinktank NIESR warns British economy would be one of the worst affected by protectionist policies The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2024
Latest GDP figures offer some better news – but boom-boom Britain it ain’t While the government will seize on any crumbs of comfort it can find, the bigger picture on growth tells a different story The Guardian - UK · May 10, 2024
UK’s poorest have borne brunt of cost of living crisis, says thinktank ‘Deep-scarring effects’: Living standards for hardest hit won’t return to pre-pandemic levels until 2027, report predicts The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2024
Hunt urged to invest £30bn a year in infrastructure or risk ‘decade in doldrums’ Thinktank says stronger than expected tax revenues have given chancellor scope for bold package in autumn statement The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2023
Real incomes ‘will not return to pre-Covid levels until 2026 for many families’ The National Institute of Economic and Social Research said interest rates are likely to have peaked at 5.25%. The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2023
Let’s stop kidding ourselves we’re a rich nation and get real… the UK’s gone bust Britain depends on the kindness of strangers to get by in the world. It doesn’t have to be like this The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2023
Hunt likely to save spending spree for polling day, not budget speech The chancellor has room for giveaways in this week’s budget, but business and consumer groups fear he will hold them back for the election The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2023
Labour announces plan to freeze energy price cap with reinforced windfall tax Keir Starmer says people won’t pay ‘a penny more’ and that plan would reduce inflation The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2022
Stagflation warning as UK ‘set to enter recession’ The National Institute of Economic and Social Research said the threat of stagflation has returned for the first time since the 1970s. The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2022