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Why are billionaires scared of Brazil’s plan to hit them with a global tax? Because it makes perfect sense

As the fortunes of the super-rich soar, a proposed annual levy of 2% could offer a corrective – and they will fight it tooth and nail, says the Guardian’s economics editor Larry Elliott

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The doomsters were wrong about the minimum wage. They’re wrong about Labour’s new deal for workers, too

This is a policy that could make a radical difference – as long as it’s not watered down like the green prosperity plan, says the Guardian’s economics editor Larry Elliott

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves is staking it all on economic growth. So where’s her plan to achieve it?

Promising to reform the planning system, boost investment and improve skills is all very well, but the detail is missing, says Guardian economics editor Larry Elliott

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Ken Clarke says government is setting an ‘extremely dangerous precedent’ with Rwanda bill – as it happened

Former Tory home secretary tells House of Lords he hopes the bill will be struck down as ‘unconstitutional’

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Britain’s economy is deeply flawed. These are the three pledges Labour must make to fix it

Investing in infrastructure, overhauling rigid planning rules – there is no magic bullet, but these changes would set us on a far better path, says the Guardian’s economics editor, Larry Elliott

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The unexpected message from the US for Keir Starmer: it’s not just the economy, stupid

If dollars in pockets translated directly into votes, Joe Biden would be ahead in the polls by now, says Larry Elliott, the Guardian’s economics editor

The Guardian - UK

Labour will be taking a risk sticking by its £28bn green energy plan. It should do it anyway

True, the Tories will accuse Starmer of being spendthrift, but it’s better for the party to fight an election on its own terms, says Guardian economics editor Larry Elliott

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‘Eat out to help out’ was bad for our health

Letters: We know pandemics are bad for the economy, but Rishi Sunak’s plan to boost spending ignored medical advice, says Michael Clerx. Also letters from Angelique Fairbrass and Bridget MacDonald

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It’s easy to condemn ‘eat out to help out’, but Sunak’s motivations were justified

The then chancellor was worried about the impact of lockdown on the economy and society. And who can say he was wrong? says the Guardian’s economics editor, Larry Elliott

The Guardian - UK

Thatcher? Brexit? This isn’t the way to Labour hearts

Tory policy has caused huge damage over the decades. In praising it, Starmer has ventured too far behind enemy lines

The Guardian - UK

By every measure, Brexit is harming Britain

Letters: Readers respond to an article by Larry Elliott that said the UK’s departure from the EU hasn’t been as bad as predicted

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I’ve got news for those who say Brexit is a disaster: it isn’t. That’s why rejoining is just a pipe dream

Many still hanker for how things were: but looking across the Channel, it’s completely illogical to do that, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

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Trust us with AI, say the big tech titans. That’s what the banks said before the 2008 crisis

Politicians at Rishi Sunak’s AI safety summit must understand that proper regulation is the key to avoiding disaster, says the Guardian’s economics editor Larry Elliott

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Pay is finally rising faster than prices. But this won’t save the Tories

The government hopes voters can be persuaded to ignore what has happened to living standards. History suggests otherwise, says Larry Elliott, the Guardian’s economics editor

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We need radical change in economic policy, not just a change of government

Letters: Peter Riddle asks if Labour has the necessary vision and courage; plus letters from Nadine Grieve and Adrian Cosker

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Councils going bust, schools crumbling, the NHS in crisis: the answer is more tax

Labour can raise £50bn from the wealthy to pay for public services without introducing a new one-off wealth tax, says the Guardian’s economics editor, Larry Elliott

The Week

HS2: is this the end of the line?

Britain has endured its fair share of doomed prestige projects, said Larry Elliott in The Guardian, but “as white elephants go, HS2 is in a class of its own”. Since the high-speed rail link got the formal parliamentary go-ahead in 2012, it has become a byword for bureaucratic incompetence and…

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Frustration and failure as HS2 threatens to derail

Letters: Alex Ramage, John Dunn and Mark Sullivan respond to Larry Elliott’s call to scrap the high-speed rail project

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The Week

Interest rates: more ‘trauma’ for households

“If it isn’t hurting it isn’t working.” That was the message from then-chancellor John Major in 1989 during a previous period when interest rate rises were used to tackle high inflation, said Larry Elliott in The Guardian.

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HS2 is the white elephant in the room. If the Tories won’t scrap it, Labour must

The vanity project is scandalously over budget. Finally cancelling it would show the party is serious about public finances, says the Guardian’s economics editor Larry Elliott

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Farage blames ‘woke capitalism’ for his row with Coutts, but banks aren’t woke. Their obsession is profits

Like many corporations, they make virtuous statements, but for the most part they hide behind a cloak of ethical humbug, says Larry Elliott, the Guardian’s economics editor

The Guardian - UK

Economic gloom looks likely to sink the Tories. But Labour is taking no chances

Come the general election, the worst of Britain’s pain may be over, so Starmer’s slow and steady approach is the right one, says Guardian economics editor Larry Elliott

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Bank of England must ‘create recession’ to fight high inflation, Hunt advisor says, as mortgage rates rise again – as it happened

Member of Jeremy Hunt’s economic advisory council says BoE must create “uncertainty and frailty”, after UK headline inflation was unchanged at 8.7% in May

The Guardian - UK

The west has broken its promises to developing countries – and we’re all paying the price

A summit in Paris this month offers a way to tackle this disastrous failure, but only if western leaders bother to turn up, says the Guardian’s economics editor, Larry Elliott

The Guardian - UK

Labour cannot be Tory-lite at the next election: voters crave a real choice

Letters: Readers respond to Larry Elliott’s article about the growing policy consensus between the two main parties

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