Economics, Finance and Money

Joe Biden’s arrival in the White House in January will expose the Republican Party’s hypocrisy and duplicity as it turns its gaze to economic concerns for partisan gain once more, says CJ Werleman

Steve Shaw reports on the loans that connect British banks to a telecommunications firm that provides money for Myanmar’s military, which has been accused of genocide

The incoming presidential administration faces grave economic challenges ahead that could spell the end of the dollar’s global dominance, argues James Meadway

A new report by the Public Accounts Committee sheds light on the Government’s Bounce Back Loan Scheme, with applicants self-certifying and not subject to credit checks

The British bank froze the accounts of people involved in Hong Kong’s struggle for democracy as leading activists are convicted of their roles in mass protests

Heidi Siegmund Cuda talks to veteran tax investigator Martin Sheil about how much the incoming Biden administration could do by enforcing existing laws

James Meadway assesses the political and economic pressures facing Chancellor Rishi Sunak ahead of tomorrow’s Spending Review

A new report by the National Audit Office reveals that the Government is launching an inquiry and considering ‘naming and shaming’ the employers involved

By curtailing the furlough scheme, Rishi Sunak has undermined the trust on which Coronavirus restrictions operate, argues Sam Bright

Monica Piccinini reveals the hypocrisy of the financial institutions that are enabling the destruction of the Amazon rainforest

After years of underfunding, local governments are being tipped over the edge by centralised COVID-19 incompetence, argues former council accountant Gary Gowers

In the global response to the Coronavirus pandemic, Anthony Barnett sees an epoch-defining moment as governments are forced to put people’s health and wellbeing before market fundamentalism

A new report has crystallised concerns that Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Coronavirus loan scheme left the taxpayer exposed to fraud

Jonathan Portes argues that the Government's EU negotiations and Coronavirus measures are actually drawing the UK deeper into the European mainstream