How the EU’s landmark Apple tax ruling gave Ireland €13bn it didn’t want
After losing a court case, Ireland stands to gain a huge amount of money it fought not to gain and is unsure how to spend
UK primary class sizes among biggest in industrialised world, report finds
Only Chile exceeds UK’s 27 pupils a class in OECD study, with UK pupil-teacher ratio also among highest
Tory health reforms left UK open to Covid calamity, says top doctor’s report
Britain’s pandemic response was among the worst and the NHS had been ‘seriously weakened’, says leading surgeon
July 2024
Hidden cost of UK workplace sickness rockets to £100bn a year, report finds
The Guardian view on UN tax talks: Labour must repudiate the stance of the last government
June 2024
UK needs system for recording AI misuse and malfunctions, thinktank says
Investment in UK has trailed other G7 countries since mid-1990s, IPPR says
Caution, not grand plans, is needed if Labour is to build wealth in Britain
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UK unemployment rising at fastest pace of OECD countries, analysis shows
May 2024
Sunak dashed for July election because hopes of UK economic recovery are fading
The Guardian view on net zero: a bank-led green transition won’t work for Britain
OECD forecasts will be blow to Sunak’s claims UK economy is improving
UK will be worst performer in G7 next year, OECD forecasts
April 2024
Taxing big fossil fuel firms ‘could raise $900bn in climate finance by 2030’
Levy on oil and gas majors in richest countries would help worst-affected nations tackle climate crisis, says report
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Food inflation in world’s rich nations falls to pre-Ukraine war levels
Rate declines for 15th consecutive month across 38 OECD countries from 6.3% in January to 5.3% in February
March 2024
Growing gulf between rich and poor countries ‘recipe for much darker future’, says UN
Human development report finds the pandemic, conflict, globalisation and populism have combined to disproportionately affect lower-income countries
February 2024
Clare Lombardelli named deputy governor of Bank of England
Ex-Treasury official and adviser to David Cameron will replace Ben Broadbent, making MPC majority female for first time
Joe Biden should end support for overseas oil and gas projects
Letter: Nina Pušić and Kate DeAngelis say the US president must follow his move to restrain fossil fuel expansion at home with similar measures to curb it around the world
Central banks must beat inflation before cutting interest rates, says OECD
Organisation revises global outlook but warns it may be too soon to know if price pressures are contained