👤 Richard Partington Senior economics correspondent

2026-10-29 · The Guardian · Politics

Healey’s budget paves way for ‘brutal’ spending review next year, warns IFS

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2026-10-28 · The Guardian · Politics

OBR slashes UK growth forecast for 2027 despite Healey’s budget measures

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2026-09-15 · The Guardian · Politics

UK state pension set to top £13,000 a year as wage growth slows to 3.9%

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2026-10-15 · The Guardian · Economy/Business

UK economy unexpectedly grows 0.1% in August despite fall in consumer spending

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2026-10-12 · The Guardian · Politics

IFS: budget will be ‘work of fiction’ without clear plan to cover UK spending pressures

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2026-10-24 · The Guardian · Economy/Business

John Healey pledges to use budget to harness power of AI to bolster Britain’s security

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2026-09-15 · The Guardian

🔮 Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows average growth in total earnings, including bonuses, eased to 3.9% in the three months to July, down from 4.1% in the three months to June, matching the forecasts of City economists. assertive

2026-09-21 · The Guardian

🔮 As part of plans to tackle the nearly 1 million 16- to 24-year-olds not in employment, education or training (Neet), Labour announced in May last year what it called “radical skills reforms”, including the proposals for foundation apprenticeships. assertive

2026-10-05 · The Guardian

🔮 The euro has slumped to the lowest level against the dollar in 17 months amid growing concern France’s debt position could threaten the stability of the wider single currency bloc. mixed

2026-10-10 · The Guardian

🔮 Alan Milburn, who is leading a major review into Britain’s youth jobs crisis, will call for a new “national pre-apprenticeship route” to offer young people further education, training and work experience. Setting out the recommendation from his highly awaited final report – which has been delayed until after this month’s budget – the former Labour cabinet minister warned action was required to address a dramatic plunge in the number of youth apprenticeship starts over the past decade. assertive

2026-10-12 · The Guardian

🔮 As the war in the Middle East rattles the public finances, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said the damage from higher inflation meant the chancellor would need to either top up funds for his current government spending plans or impose deep real-terms cuts by the end of the decade. assertive

2026-10-15 · The Guardian

🔮 The chancellor is however under growing pressure to take action to support households and businesses before the winter amid predictions that consumer energy bills could reach £2,000 a year from January for the typical household. assertive

2026-10-15 · The Guardian

🔮 City economists had forecast the economy would shrink by 0.1%. assertive

2026-10-16 · The Guardian

🔮 Shevaun Haviland, the director general of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), said she welcomed the prime minister reopening the Brexit battle lines despite the uncertainty it could create, arguing that the UK’s current trading relationship with the EU was bad for business. assertive

2026-10-17 · The Guardian

🔮 With his final report delayed until after the budget, the former Labour cabinet minister this week signalled that boosting access to apprenticeships would be critical for fixing the first rungs of the career ladder for young people. assertive

2026-10-23 · The Guardian

🔮 With less than a week before his tax and spending speech to the Commons, the chancellor is under pressure to take action to support households amid warnings that consumer energy bills could reach £2,000 a year from January for the typical household. mixed

2026-10-24 · The Guardian

🔮 As he prepares for his debut budget, the chancellor said that Andy Burnham’s government would commit hundreds of millions of pounds to develop a “distinctively British” approach to AI that would capitalise on the benefits of the frontier technology. assertive

2026-10-26 · The Guardian

🔮 Drawn up before Wednesday’s budget, the proposal, which was first reported last week, is expected to form part of the government response to Alan Milburn’s review into why so many young people are unemployed. assertive

2026-10-28 · The Guardian

🔮 Britain’s economy has taken a multibillion-pound hit as the war in the Middle East drags down growth and triggers a fresh cost of living crisis, according to the government’s independent forecaster. assertive

2026-10-29 · The Guardian

🔮 Helen Miller, the director of the IFS, said avoiding a return to austerity for unprotected government departments could require a £17bn top-up to the spending plans for 2030-31. mixed

2026-10-30 · The Guardian

🔮 Angela Rayner has said voters will begin to see a difference in their high street before the next general election as Labour prioritises investment in struggling local communities. assertive