An ageing population and successive cuts by the last Conservative Government have left local council budgets on the brink, reports David Hencke
The Chancellor’s Spending Review was far more radical and transformative than anyone has yet realised, argues Josiah Mortimer
The Chancellor’s decision to prioritise growth, while investing in green energy, social housing and levelling up the country, should be welcomed, argues Simon Nixon
This agreement marks the beginning of the end of the suffocating Brexit consensus that has gripped British politics for a decade, argues Adam Bienkov
Where are the voices defending the huge benefits that globalisation has brought to the world, asks Matthew Gwyther
The Chancellor could have turned this crisis into an opportunity for a radical shakeup of Britain’s relationship with Europe and the world, but instead reverted to economic orthodoxy, argues Simon Nixon
There is nothing “responsible” about forcing hundreds of thousands of people into poverty, while putting even more strain on those public servants who will have to pick up the pieces, argues Adam Bienkov
The uncomfortable truth about Starmer and Reeves’s economic project is it is grim for living standards, public services and recipients of welfare, and should be opposed by all, argues his former senior adviser Simon Fletcher
A series of significant changes on workplace rights and the right to strike have been slipped out by ministers
Unless the Labour party reconnects with its founding economic mission, they will merely lay the ground for a Nigel Farage Government, argues Neal Lawson
The man was repeatedly threatened by debt collectors due to the scam, which followed a change in the law by the last Conservative Government
Prioritising growth over all other considerations will only widen economic inequality and deepen already cavernous social crises, argues Neal Lawson
Forget the fear-mongering about a flight of the super rich. The reality is they’re not going anywhere, argues Kate Bermingham
Fed by an irresponsible media, neither voters nor political leaders are willing to accept the trade-offs inherent in fiscal choices, writes Chris Grey in his monthly column for the Byline Times print edition
Less than 5% of people with learning disabilities are employed, while 86% want to be. The Government must think about which Brits it values as being worthy of work
Millionaire landowners are using dubious statistics to campaign against the Government’s inheritance tax reforms
Rachel Reeves will be leant on by City figures to deregulate the sector ahead of her keynote speech this Thursday. But transparency campaigners warn too many are falling victim to predatory finance firms
The new Conservative Leader combines culture war politics with a deregulation agenda that would set the country back decades, Jon Bloomfield and David Edgar report
Reeves’ budget only looks radical if you believe the Conservative spin that their own plans were anything other than a cynical scorched earth tactic by a desperate government that knew it was going to lose
The unspoken truth of Rachel Reeves’ Budget is that leaving the EU has left Britain permanently worse off
Maintaining the £3bn tax break for motorists has been a long-term campaign of The Sun newspaper
The Employment Rights Bill continues to face huge opposition from some employers
A fixation with economic growth has led humanity to the brink of catastrophe, argues Tom Scott
Behind the noise and spats in No 10, the Government is pushing ahead with laws that could define its time in office
The Government has announced it will include dynamic pricing in a consultation into ticket resale websites after hundreds of complaints over Oasis ticket sales. But that’s just the start
Accommodation for asylum seekers awaiting Home Office processing amounted to £6.4 billion of the overspend
Both party leaders are promising to slash immigration numbers without being honest about the big costs it will inevitably bring to our economy and public services
Conservative-supporting newspapers today lead on an already repeatedly-debunked lie about Labour’s tax plans
Brexit will cost British firms £7.5 billion a year in new costs, according to a new report, with hundreds of millions wasted on border facilities that were never used
The former party leader told Byline Times that Labour will not ‘not sign up’ to Conservative budgets if the party wins the next general election – a contrast to 1997
The Prime Minister and his wife’s personal wealth rose to £651 million amid the biggest fall in living standards for British people since records began
The founder of an employability and recruitment solutions consultancy lifts the lid on what is it like to work with the Department for Work and Pensions
Chris Grey disentangles the myriad alarming claims being made about ‘special economic zones’ and freeports in order to focus on the real risks
The Conservatives may be hoping that ‘something will turn up’ to ease the inevitable – but they are also giving Labour time to prepare for power and form a bedrock of support, writes Mike Buckley
Leicestershire School Heads have opened their books to parents showing them just how much they are struggling
Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson’s promises to “Level Up” the country are going nowhere fast, according to a damning new report by MPs
The Government’s ‘slash and crash’ Budget was left largely unscathed by Keir Starmer’s party. Why?
In the wake of recession and two massive by-election defeats, an exclusive new poll for Byline Times suggests three quarters of voters don’t believe the PM’s claim to be turning the economy around
As Britain goes into recession, the Government is planning to double down on the same slash and burn agenda that first helped get us into this economic slump
Four years on from leaving the EU, the Department for Business and Trade’s overview of Brexit tells a powerful story – of fiction
A new report by the Public Accounts Committee lambasts the Treasury for being ‘too passive’ in chasing up the cash, resulting in inaccurate figures
The National Health Service is under threat unless the Government starts properly paying its workforce, reports Michaela Makusha
Severe cramp from work must be reported to the safety regulator – but not work-related suicides. Campaigners want action beyond Ofsted reform