Recovery and interest rate cuts won’t be enough to win Sunak the election
Larry Elliott
Reality check
Has Labour boxed itself in with promise of no tax rises for ‘working people’?
The panel
Does Labour’s manifesto deliver what the country needs? Our panel’s verdict
George Monbiot, Polly Toynbee, Devi Sridhar, Jonn Elledge, Peter Apps, Frances Ryan, Kojo Koram, Zoe Gardner, Simon Tisdall, Larry Elliott and Charlotte Higgins
Business live
UK GDP stagnated in wet April; Wall Street hits record high as US inflation falls – as it happened
Another washout for Rishi Sunak as rain dampens UK growth
Strong wage growth will further delay cut in UK interest rates, City believes
Reality check
Do the sums add up in Tory tax-cut manifesto?
Business live
Pre-election UK interest rate cut unlikely despite cooling jobs market and rising mortgage arrears; Moody’s warns France over snap election – as it happened
Protectionism is slowing growth and entrenching poverty, says World Bank
Economics viewpoint
After Rishi Sunak’s D-day disaster Labour need not worry about Tory tax claims
Larry Elliott
Incoming ministers ‘will face UK public services on brink of collapse’
Reality check
Reality check: the truth behind the Tories’ £2,000 tax claim
UK faces £33bn hole in finances or return to austerity, thinktank says
Falling UK inflation not leading to rise in spending, report finds
Debt payments by countries most vulnerable to climate crisis soar
Economics viewpoint
Immigration must be matched with investment in UK infrastructure to ease pressures
Larry Elliott
May 2024
Is Rishi Sunak facing a repeat of John Major’s 1997 landslide defeat?
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
No decision taken on barring Diane Abbott from selection as Labour candidate, says Keir Starmer – as it happened
If Labour wins a 1945-style landslide, it will have no excuse for playing it safe
Larry Elliott
Economics viewpoint
No party has won five elections in a row, and Tories won’t be the first
