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Editorial: The government and its central bank are plotting a path that will create a painful recession. Both ought to change course

New Bank of England emergency bond-buying intervention in mini-Budget fallout

Kwasi Kwarteng accused of compounding anxiety as he says announcement on uprating benefits will come in Halloween fiscal statement

Senior Tories warned the Chancellor of further turmoil if he does not get the support of MPs for his fiscal measures.

Kwasi Kwarteng has buckled under pressure to bring forward plans that may affect millions of Brits

The Autumn Statement has been moved forward several weeks in order to calm spooked financial markets

KWASI Kwarteng has once again defended his mini-budget after the International Monetary Fund criticised the UK Government’s tax-cutting plans.

Since pandemic shareholders have enjoyed large payouts at time of meagre workers’ pay growth, thinktanks find

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng told MPs that he would announced whether the Government would increase benefit payouts in line with rising prices or earnings in April as part of his financial statement on October 31

Duncan Weldon’s excellent book, Two Hundred Years of Muddling Through, an economic history of Britain from the Industrial Revolution up to the pandemic, almost had a different title: “I wouldn’t start from here”, based on the old joke about the tourist asking for directions.

The Prime Minister also remained ‘committed’ to the growth measures set out in the Chancellor’s mini-budget, her official spokesman said