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Tories claim Labour wants to increase your tax bill by £2,400

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

A million families will lose their child benefits by 2020

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

The UK Transport Secretary has been blamed for train delays

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

WTF was Fiscal Phil actually on about?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Phil’s Budget Speech: Hot or Not?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

UK Budget 2018: Highlights

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

UK police risk becoming “irrelevant”. Uh oh.

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

The UK’s legal aid organisation is going to court… to defend itself

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Saudi Arabia discovers crime doesn’t pay

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Trump’s presidency has built up a big, beautiful… budget deficit

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Disagreement on borders in Northern Ireland has probs ended any hope of a Brexit deal

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Could Universal Credit cause the Tories’ downfall?

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

The UK’s government is (almost) the poorest in the world

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

The government says there will be fewer low-skilled migrants after Brexit

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

The Tories say they need more diverse MPs

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Labour want a general election before Brexit

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

The 2008 financial crisis cost you £800 a year

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Greece ditches austerity

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

The EU has rejected Theresa May’s Brexit deal. Now what?

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

What we know about a no-deal Brexit

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Perhaps we should start prepping for a no-deal… just in case, says government

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Corbyn wants to tax tech firms to fund investigative journalism

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

The government deficit is lower than it’s been in a long time. Is this good news?

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Trump’s said he thinks China is a “currency manipulator” again

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

No need to worry about conserving oil, Trump administration says

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Trump’s escalating the trade war with China again

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

US sanctions on Iran are officially back

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

60-40 chance at a ‘no deal’ Brexit, trade secretary says

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Former Obama advisor hired to sort out ‘big data’ for us

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

The EU proposes member states receive €6,000 for each migrant taken in

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘Build It In Britain’ plan

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Public sector wage cap may finally be scrapped today

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Theresa May wants us all to start prepping for a ‘no-deal’ Brexit

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Trump is “not thrilled” about interest rate rise

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Hard Brexiteers win out on final version of EU agreement

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

The US isn’t budging on Iran sanctions

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Trump says May’s Brexit proposal would “probably kill” her chances at a US trade deal

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

The Chequers proposal, explained

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Rumour has it the Tories want fund the NHS through fuel and booze duties

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Only six weeks left for a Brexit plan

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Canadians hit back at Trump with tariffs

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

EU politicians reach an agreement on migration

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Greece’s ‘bailout’ programme is about to end

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

The EU is hitting back with tariffs on US goods

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Panama Papers firm doesn’t actually know who most of its customers were

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Local councils shouldn’t need to sell off all our public buildings, charity says

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Where’s the second half of that NHS booster fund going to come from?

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Do we really have a ‘Brexit dividend’?

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Universal credit sucks, apparently

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

The G7 almost went really well, until it didn’t

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Switzerland is voting on a radical change to the way banks work this weekend

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

The Heathrow expansion may actually happen

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

The UK government is probably investing in nuclear power again

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Is business man to president going to become a thing?

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Could unions help protect young people’s pay?

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Trump puts tariffs on steel and aluminium for EU, Canada, Mexico

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

The US is undoing post-2008 financial regulation and people are worried

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

The finance world is freaking out about Italy

by Economy Team in News
Published 7 years ago

The US is putting limits on visas for Chinese students

by Economy Team in News
Published 7 years ago

This is how we could make the tax system fairer

by Economy Team in News
Published 7 years ago

What GDPR actually means for you

by Economy Team in News
Published 7 years ago

Wales is banning smoking near schools and playgrounds

by Economy Team in News
Published 7 years ago

Campaigners aren’t impressed by the governments’ new Clean Air Strategy

by Economy Team in News
Published 7 years ago

The world’s dullest sounding war is “on hold”

by Economy Team in News
Published 7 years ago

The government is putting £40m towards brain cancer research

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 7 years ago

Universal credit is punishing entrepreneurs and seasonal workers, say MPs

by Economy Team in News
Published 7 years ago

Trump did know about the $130,000 to Stormy Daniels after all

by Economy Team in News
Published 7 years ago

Private rail just isn’t working in the UK, say MPs

by Economy Team in News
Published 7 years ago

The UK home secretary is under pressure to resign over ‘deportation targets’

by Economy Team in News
Published 7 years ago

Public sector workers and Emmanuel Macron are battling for French voters’ hearts

by Economy Team in News
Published 7 years ago

The world’s most dull-sounding war may have just begun

by Economy Team in News
Published 7 years ago

Cynthia Nixon launches her campaign with a promise about trains and rent

by Economy Team in News
Published 7 years ago

Five main points from the Spring Statement

by Economy Team in News
Published 7 years ago

Why we need feminist economists

by Naila Kabeer in Issues
Published 7 years ago

Trump’s top economic advisor just quit

by Economy Team in News
Published 7 years ago

The UK’s the world’s biggest producer of legal cannabis

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 7 years ago

Italy’s heading towards a hung parliament

by Economy Team in News
Published 7 years ago

London is the most unequal place in the UK

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 7 years ago

Theresa’s tests for Brexit

by Economy Team in News
Published 7 years ago

Trump doesn’t want China’s steel, China doesn’t care

by Economy Team in News
Published 7 years ago

Boris’s garden of errors

by Economy Team in News
Published 7 years ago

The EU’s setting out its plan for Brexit, and Northern Ireland is not happy

by Economy Team in News
Published 7 years ago

Harry and Meghan are setting out their ‘charitable futures’

by Economy Team in News
Published 7 years ago

Four solutions to gun control that just might work

by Anna Case in Issues
Published 7 years ago

What to expect in 2018

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 7 years ago

Young people have a lot to say about Brexit

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 7 years ago

What will Brexit do to the environment?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 7 years ago

What you need to know about Brexit

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 7 years ago

What actually is a tax haven? We asked the ‘experts’

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 7 years ago

FYI: You’re supposed to be happy about this Stamp Duty thing

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 7 years ago

What to expect from the budget

by Economy Team in News
Published 7 years ago

Here’s how many primary school teachers we could pay if people stopped avoiding tax

by Saman Sadeghi Afgeh in Issues
Published 7 years ago

A dictionary of Brexit gobbledygook

by Economy Team
Published 7 years ago

Americans are way more confident in their personal finances than America’s

by Economy Team in News
Published 7 years ago

Everyone is telling Germans to spend more money but they won’t listen

by Victoria Waldersee in News
Published 7 years ago

I’m a nurse. This is how I feel about the public sector pay cap

by Anonymous in Issues
Published 7 years ago

Poorer students leave university with the most debt. But does it really matter?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 7 years ago

Where did Theresa May find that billion pounds for the DUP?

by Economy Team in News
Published 7 years ago

Hundreds of billions of euros haven’t solved the Greek crisis. Will 8 billion more do much good?

by Economy Team in News
Published 7 years ago

Five things we know about the DUP’s economic policies

by Economy Team
Published 7 years ago

Are things really getting ‘much better’ for Brazilians?

by Marina Romiti in News
Published 7 years ago

Qatar’s neighbors are angry with the government, but citizens pay the price

by Victoria Waldersee in News
Published 8 years ago

…and here’s how the Tories will spend your money

by Economy Team in News
Published 8 years ago

The Labour Party’s done the sums. This is what it all means

by Economy Team in News
Published 8 years ago

I’m starting a family. What’s this election got to do with me?

by Economy Team
Published 8 years ago

I’m in an okay job, but I’m struggling to make rent. What’s this election got to do with me?

by Economy Team
Published 8 years ago

I’m an apprentice. What’s this election got to do with me?

by Economy Team
Published 8 years ago

I’ve just finished school. What’s this election got to do with me?

by Economy Team
Published 8 years ago

I’m still at university. What’s this election got to do with me?

by Economy Team
Published 8 years ago

I’m starting a business. What’s this election got to do with me?

by Economy Team
Published 8 years ago

I’m self-employed. What’s this election got to do with me?

by Economy Team
Published 8 years ago

I work in the public sector. What’s this election got to do with me?

by Economy Team
Published 8 years ago

I’m on a grad scheme. What’s this election got to do with me?

by Economy Team
Published 8 years ago

I’m an intern. What’s this election got to do with me?

by Economy Team
Published 8 years ago

India might be about to launch the biggest test of ‘basic income’ yet

by Economy Team in News
Published 8 years ago

France’s new president wants to steal all Britain’s bankers

by Economy Team in News
Published 8 years ago

I’m still at school. What’s this election got to do with me?

by Economy Team
Published 8 years ago

Here’s how the EU calculated that 100 billion euro Brexit bill

by Economy Team in News
Published 8 years ago

Financial papers said ‘markets’ were freaking out over France’s election result. What does that even mean?

by Economy Team in News
Published 8 years ago

Here’s what the UK general election is really about

by Economy Team in News
Published 8 years ago

South Africa’s economy has just been labelled ‘junk’. Here’s why

by David Francis in News
Published 8 years ago

That Greek crisis no-one talks about anymore isn’t over

by Petros Poulopoulos
Published 8 years ago

Tax, welfare, minimum wage: some big changes are coming to the UK this week

by Economy Team in News
Published 8 years ago

We asked people whether they know what ‘triggering Article 50’ really means

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 8 years ago

It’s Article 50 day (baby?)

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 8 years ago

Trump wants to create jobs, lower prices, and make the US energy independent. This plan won’t do any of those things

by Victoria Waldersee in News
Published 8 years ago

We spoke to the owners of a home care company to find out what’s going on with care in the UK

by Daniel Lapedus in Issues
Published 8 years ago

The price of an iceberg lettuce in the UK increased by 67%

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 8 years ago

It was one of the big changes in last week’s Budget, so why has the UK government changed its mind over tax rises?

by Economy Team in News
Published 8 years ago

Confused about ‘Trumpcare’? Us too

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 8 years ago

Farewell Washington! Bye bye London! Are we scrapping capital cities?

by J.Christopher Proctor in News
Published 8 years ago

An hour(ish) long speech, a load of one liners… but what does this year’s budget actually mean for you?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 8 years ago

There was a conference about the future of industry in the north of England. So where were all the women?

by Kate Fox in Issues
Published 8 years ago

Nicaragua has found a new way to protect sex workers

by Samantha Eyler in Issues
Published 8 years ago

Small businesses could be hit hardest by the government’s changes to business rates. So why do it?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 8 years ago

Trump’s first budget proposal outlines how he’ll “make America safe again” – we’re just not sure he can afford it

by Economy Team in News
Published 8 years ago

Twelve people got fired for not showing up for work on the Day Without Immigrants and people are really divided

by Kimberly Poff in Issues
Published 8 years ago

What’s with all the boycotts?

by Felicity Simpson Morfey in News
Published 8 years ago

The UK government just admitted housing is broken

by Economy Team in News
Published 8 years ago

Donald Trump wants to scrap the rules designed to stop another financial crash from happening

by Economy Team in News
Published 8 years ago

This year’s Screen Actors Guild Awards got political, and it’s not the first time

by Victoria Waldersee in Entertainment
Published 8 years ago

The story behind Trump’s wall with Mexico, explained

by Olivia Wills in News
Published 8 years ago

France’s socialist candidate propelled himself to the top on these three ideas

by Felicity Simpson Morfey in News
Published 8 years ago

New year, new economy. What’s on Theresa May’s to-do list?

by Julia French in News
Published 8 years ago

We asked Southern Rail drivers why they’re on strike

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 8 years ago

‘This American carnage stops right here, right now’ – Trump’s inauguration speech in brief

by Economy Team
Published 8 years ago

What’s the point of Davos?

by Mark Richards
Published 8 years ago

Here’s one cause Martin Luther King fought for which you might not know about

by Samantha Eyler in News
Published 8 years ago

The little town of Prato has been taken over by Chinese stuff. I had a look around

by Saman Sadeghi Afgeh
Published 8 years ago

How come an oil businessman is running America’s foreign affairs?

by Clare Speak in News
Published 8 years ago

Brazil has zipped up the government wallet for twenty years. Here’s why

by Flavia Garcia in News
Published 8 years ago

The #NoDAPL victory proves people power really does get stuff done

by Dalia Gebrial in Issues
Published 8 years ago

Trump’s tweeting about taxes. What’s going on?

by Economy Team in News
Published 8 years ago

Italy just made a major political choice and yet all anyone’s talking about is economics

by Economy Team in News
Published 8 years ago

Here’s why everyone is so divided over Fidel Castro

by Victoria Waldersee in News
Published 8 years ago

…And that’s another £369m on the UK tax bill for the royals. Is it worth it?

by Kieran Chapman in News
Published 8 years ago

“That was complicated, but it’s good news” – the first and last Autumn Statement is out

by Economy Team in News
Published 8 years ago

Looks like the ‘weed economy’ is here to stay

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 8 years ago

So, Trump is the new POTUS. What next for Clinton?

by Kieran Chapman
Published 8 years ago

What’s all this about ‘global markets’? We set aside the shock of Trump’s victory for a minute to explain what’s going on

by Economy Team in News
Published 8 years ago

Here’s why the cost of voting is higher than you think

by Kimberly Poff in News
Published 8 years ago

So what exactly is Hillary Clinton’s economic plan?

by Economy Team in News
Published 8 years ago

The Calais ‘Jungle’ refugee camp has been torn down. Why, and what now?

by Kimberly McIntosh in News
Published 8 years ago

A British fund manager, a Spanish hairdresser, and an expat in France just delayed Brexit – but probably not for long

by Economy Team in News
Published 8 years ago

Here’s why the most gender equal country in the world still isn’t gender equal

by Samantha Eyler in Issues
Published 8 years ago

Ethiopia is in a state of emergency. What’s going on?

by Daniel Cullen in News
Published 8 years ago

Do women in power actually make life better for women?

by Morven Oliver in Issues
Published 8 years ago

From capitalist aliens to socialist skeletons, the seven scariest propaganda posters ever

by Ben Murray
Published 8 years ago

The presidential debates are over

by J.Christopher Proctor in News
Published 8 years ago

What does the civil war in Yemen have to do with the British economy?

by Ben Tippet in Issues
Published 8 years ago

So what exactly is Donald Trump’s economic plan?

by Kimberly Poff in News
Published 8 years ago

Ding ding! Trump and Clinton take the gloves off in second presidential debate

by J.Christopher Proctor in News
Published 8 years ago

The candidates for VP faced off last night in their one and only debate. I stayed up (again) to give you the lowdown

by J.Christopher Proctor in News
Published 8 years ago

Should Donald Trump show the world his tax returns?

by Economy Team in News
Published 8 years ago

I stayed up to watch the first US presidential debate. Here’s the lowdown

by J.Christopher Proctor in News
Published 8 years ago

We went along to Bloomberg to hear about Jeremy Corbyn’s plans for the British economy

by Economy Team in News
Published 8 years ago

The G20 gang got together in China to talk about how the economy’s doing. Here’s what they said

by Economy Team in News
Published 8 years ago

Black Lives Matter activists say America’s justice system profits from racism. Are they right?

by Natalie Fiennes in Issues
Published 8 years ago

An £8 million fortune, ‘reassuringly boring’, and possibly a secret goth. Who is new UK chancellor Philip Hammond?

by Clare Speak in News
Published 8 years ago

Dear Theresa May, “making the country work for everyone” means making economics work for everyone

by Economy Team in Voices
Published 8 years ago

China is loaded, but it looks like it’s been seriously maxing out on credit. What’s going on and what does it mean?

by Mark Richards in Issues
Published 8 years ago

Would EU believe it? Britain votes to leave the European Union. So, what happens now?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 8 years ago

Asking economists to help us predict the future wasn’t getting us very far. So we asked Zoltar.

by Economy Team
Published 9 years ago

The UK’s government wants to link tuition fees to inflation, but what does that mean?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 9 years ago

The UK government’s ideas for prison reform make some pretty huge assumptions about human beings

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 9 years ago

Barack’s on board with our mission to get people talking about the economy

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 9 years ago

As Boris gets on his bike, here’s a quick guide to the candidates for London Mayor

by Sara Zayto in News
Published 9 years ago

What’s behind the UK budget, and do people get it?

by Economy Team in News
Published 9 years ago

The UK Budget through the decades

by Economy Team in News
Published 9 years ago

Why benefit cuts for disabled people will only damage the UK economy

by Sharon Brennan in Issues
Published 9 years ago

What is a budget anyway?

by Victoria Waldersee in Issues
Published 9 years ago

What is Basic Income?

by Ben Murray in Issues

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