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Editorial: Labour is misreading the economics – leaving it unable to deal with the G7’s worst inflation and flat living standard

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: As the IMF downgrades its UK growth projection for next year, it also predicts we will have the highest inflation of any G7 country. Ahead of a Budget that will doubtless raise taxes, it is time the prime minister made the case for what his administration…

Labour chancellor told a ‘Scrabble bag’ of smaller increases will not rejuvenate UK’s faltering economy

The housebuilder nonetheless said it sold more homes over the past year.

Firms too scared to take a chance on youngsters when taxes and minimum wages are higher, expert says

The Thatcherite notion of tax as wicked must be challenged in the upcoming budget. Target unearned wealth; explain that tax creates a decent society, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Changes intended to reduce ‘burdensome bureaucracy’ and make it easier to build windfarms, reservoirs and housing

Unemployment rate rises slightly to 4.8% but ONS says falls in payroll numbers and vacancies are levelling off

Exclusive: 13 mainly northern MPs say a new system should better account for higher house prices in south-east