Economy

Wednesday’s budget and spending review have had ‘more trails than the average James Bond movie’

Demand continues to outstrip ‘stock-starved’ housing market

Chaos in global supply chains is affecting the availability of everything from milkshakes to microchips

The world’s second-largest economy is ailing, with worrying ramifications for the global outlook

The problem of Britain’s ‘missing workers’ is biting hard across sectors

Capital’s property market ‘turns a corner’ as UK average increases by £25,000 in a year

Inflated accommodation prices mean some visitors will travel from Edinburgh

Is the Bank of England’s apparent volte-face on inflation justified?

GDP is boosted by reopening of hospitality and leisure, but licensed premises remain in limbo

Homeowners to be hit by interest hikes as Bank of England tries to rein in inflation

Brutal survival drama portrays fictional victims of South Korea’s soaring household debt

Boris Johnson heightens farmers’ fury with bacon sandwich comments

Russia accused of using the energy crisis to speed up approval of controversial pipeline

New names sneak into list of priciest roads

PM and chancellor refuse to rule out further hikes - but insiders say they have struck a secret deal

1.6m workers were still being supported by the scheme in July 

Ministers play down shortages fears and insist UK has ‘plenty of petrol’

MP warns cost of living may be the ‘biggest political issue’ in the next decade

Merits of ‘liberal pronatalism’ should be considered, a think tank study has said

Back to the future, eclectica and an awkward case study

Seven in ten firms planning redundancies as holiday bookings collapse

Senior Tories warn that plan to fund social care could provoke ‘significant backlash’

Disruption caused by Vietnamese Covid restrictions is causing concern for the global supply

Sailings around Britain have proved popular according to a report by Cruise.co.uk

Recruitment postings soar due to labour shortages with photographers, farm workers and plasterers all in demand 

Lack of new models due to global chip shortage drives second-hand car sales

Soaring inflation is hitting big companies such as Unilever 

Entertainment, experiences and homes are earmarked to replace vacant retail sites

Inflation has been spooking markets, but the surging Delta variant poses a much greater risk

Government set to renege on manifesto pledge not to hike NICs

Govcoins would allow the creation of faster, safer payment systems, but raise major concerns about data privacy

Review proposes new levy but there are concerns food prices will increase

New report reveals that household wealth increased by £900bn