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Gloom for UK workers as incomes flatline and jobs market falters
Falls in inflation and interest rates could leave Britain better off this year, but at the cost of high unemployment
UK unemployment rate hits five-year high
Private sector pay.. - source: The Guardian - 17.02.2026
UK unemployment rate hits five-year high of 5.2% as wage growth slows – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
The ONS also estimate that firms kept cutting workers in January.
Its early, provisional, estimate of payrolled employees.. - source: The Guardian - 17.02.2026
Starmer’s options in funding a further defence spending rise would be limited
Competing domestic priorities, Treasury borrowing limits and already nervous lenders are among the many obstacles
Keir Starmer has few options if he wants to increase annual defence.. - source: The Guardian - 16.02.2026
Japan avoids recession with weak return to growth – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as Japan misses growth forecasts for the final three months of 2025
Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of.. - source: The Guardian - 16.02.2026
Bank of England should cut rates to boost consumer spending, says TUC
Union analysis finds consumers lag behind international peers as some rate-setters remain anxious about inflation
The Trades Union Congress is urging the Bank of England to cut interest.. - source: The Guardian - 16.02.2026
Even amid rising economic uncertainty, now is not the time to hug your job
In a rapidly changing job market, it’s not necessarily good for workers to cling to their current employment
After all the employee protests over the past few years – the “great.. - source: The Guardian - 15.02.2026
US fixation on the hard-hat economy and making manufacturing great again makes little sense
The dream of greasy overalls is driven by nostalgia and doesn’t justify policies that harm US consumers
The exhortations to protect America’s industrial muscle have resonated in the US.. - source: The Guardian - 14.02.2026
‘It’s been life-changing’: young Britons on why they left the UK to work abroad
Skilled workers facing a tough jobs market and high rents at home reveal how they have built new lives elsewhere, from Vancouver to Dubai
UK migration could be negative this year – how.. - source: The Guardian - 14.02.2026
UK migration could be negative this year – how will that hit the economy?
Universities, builders and health trusts are feeling the squeeze, as thinktank says effect of zero net migration could be similar to Brexit
‘It’s been life-changing’: young Britons on.. - source: The Guardian - 14.02.2026
AI is indeed coming – but there is also evidence to allay investor fears
Opinions are divided about the potential impact of artificial intelligence as the response to a recent viral essay shows
UK ad agencies undergo biggest exodus of staff as AI threatens.. - source: The Guardian - 13.02.2026
Reeves appoints higher pay advocate to fight skills shortages as chief economic adviser
Labour market expert Prof Brian Bell has called for better pay and conditions in key sectors, particularly social care
Rachel Reeves has appointed a labour market expert who has repeatedly.. - source: The Guardian - 13.02.2026
Reeves urged to reassure MPs over public finances amid £6bn-a-year Send costs
City analysts say financial market investors will be worried if cost is deducted from budget surplus
Rachel Reeves is under pressure to reassure MPs over the state of the UK’s public.. - source: The Guardian - 13.02.2026
Businesses must take responsibility for biodiversity loss – for their sake as much as ours
Scientists believe we’re seeing the largest loss of life since the dinosaurs – and it’s a risk to the global economy. Governments and companies need to work together on solutions
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The crisis whisperer: how Adam Tooze makes sense of our bewildering age – podcast
Whether it’s the financial crash, the climate emergency or the breakdown of the international order, historian Adam Tooze has become the go-to guide to the radical new world we’ve.. - source: The Guardian - 13.02.2026
UK economy grows by only 0.1% amid falling business investment
GDP in last three months of 2025 also hit by weak consumer spending, with little momentum going into this year
Analysis: UK economy limps along at 0.1% growth – but there are reasons for.. - source: The Guardian - 13.02.2026
Declining health and education in poor countries harms earning potential, World Bank says
Report says children born today could earn 51% more over lifetime if their country’s human capital improved
Deteriorating health, education and training in many developing countries is.. - source: The Guardian - 12.02.2026
Economics has failed on the climate crisis. This complexity scientist has a plan to fix that
Doyne Farmer says a super-simulator of the global economy would accelerate the transition to a green, clean world
It’s a mind-blowing idea: an economic model of the world in which every.. - source: The Guardian - 12.02.2026
UK GDP report to show if economy kept growing in final quarter of 2025 – business live
Rolling coverage of the UK’s new GDP report, and the latest economic and financial news
With less than five minutes to go until the big GDP reveal, here’s Sandra Horsfield of Investec.. - source: The Guardian - 12.02.2026
EU leaders to clash over ‘Buy European’ push at Belgium summit
Leaders to discuss once-taboo policy of favouring European companies, in attempt to regain economic competitiveness
EU leaders are expected to diverge on whether “Buy European” is an.. - source: The Guardian - 12.02.2026
Labour has removed the whip from Matthew Doyle, Starmer’s former director of communications, who only recently became a peer
Q: You are here being hosted by UK Finance. But the financial.. - source: The Guardian - 11.02.2026