Economics, Finance and Money

As Russian troops reach Kyiv, state terror is rained on innocent civilians. Peter Jukes and Hardeep Matharu explore why the British Conservative Party has ignored Putin’s violent extremism in the mother of all intelligence failures 

A former US defence advisor warns that Britain is likely to be the biggest drag on any Western sanctions initiative against Putin

John Sweeney delves into the ties between Boris Johnson and several Russian oligarchs

Sam Bright explores the ways in which London has become a haven for a class of super rich who wish to keep their money and their secrets hidden

Sascha Lavin considers the vast, unspoken inequalities that exist between young and old

The Treasury’s role in not forestalling investment in renewable energy sources is a key reason the Government cannot address the root causes of the cost of living crisis, says Thomas Perrett

Rebalancing the circumstances of the richest and poorest is not in Boris Johnson’s DNA, says TJ Coles

A committee of MPs has found that HMRC is failing to deal with an 'avalanche' of fraud by businesses during the pandemic, reports David Hencke

The Government scheme accused of aiding money laundering is still in operation, reports Sam Bright

The Chancellor’s suggestion that a future of dirty, expensive energy is inevitable and that the public must simply accept it is false, says Nafeez Ahmed

The Chancellor is refusing to raise taxes on companies making billions for their shareholders from rising energy prices, reports Adam Bienkov