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Phillip Inman

Phillip Inman is economics editor of the Observer and an economics writer for the Guardian. He is the author of Managing Your Debt, a Which? essential guide; and the Guardian e-book The Financial Crisis: How Did We Get Here?

July 2024

  • Shoppers with umbrellas walking along a street lined with stores

    Observer business agenda
    Bank of England set to rain on hopes of interest rate cut after economic bounce

  • Family Walking Through Winter Woodland Having Fun

    The two-child benefit cap: what is it, does it work and how much would it cost to scrap it?

  • the Treasury buildings in Whitehall.

    How bad are Britain’s finances? Key questions and answers on the state of the economy

  • She looks at him but he looks down at the ground

    Eight charts that lay bare Labour’s spending inheritance from Tories

  • UK business activity expands in ‘encouraging start to second half of year’

  • Business live
    Business secretary expects to call in Czech billionaire’s Royal Mail takeover for review; Ryanair profits fall 46% – as it happened

  • Rachel Reeves pledges ‘big bang’ for private pension funds

June 2024

  • Babies in a hospital nursery. In 2022 the fertility rate across England and Wales fell to 1.49 children per woman.

    The baby bust: how Britain’s falling birthrate is creating alarm in the economy

  • General Election campaign 2024<br>Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer and shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves visit Ocean Gate container terminal at Southampton docks where they saw trains being loaded with goods from around the world and later held a Q&amp;A with workers. The two were campaigning in the south of England for next month’s General Election on July4. Picture date: Monday June 17, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Election Labour. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

    A Norway deal? Rejoining? What are Labour’s options for forging closer ties with Europe?

  • Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer visits a construction site in York last week.

    Starmer’s growth plan ‘doomed’ without access to EU markets, warn economists

  • People walk in front of the Bank of England building

    Bank of England keeps interest rates at 5.25% in ‘finely balanced’ decision

  • Business live
    Pound falls as UK interest rates left on hold in ‘finely balanced’ decision – as it happened

  • 14 years of Tory rule – in data
    The economy: how 14 years of Tory rule have changed Britain – in charts

  • Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Tory government ‘worst in postwar era’, claims expert study – as it happened

  • UK inflation: which everyday items have fallen in price most?

  • Labour says pressure on family finances still acute as UK inflation falls to 2%

  • Investment in UK has trailed other G7 countries since mid-1990s, IPPR says

  • How to reverse austerity? Scrap some of the tax-relief schemes worth £204bn

  • Observer business agenda
    Struggle to damp down inflation leaves Tories’ election hopes high and dry

  • Caution, not grand plans, is needed if Labour is to build wealth in Britain

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