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Richard Partington

Richard Partington is the Guardian's economics correspondent. Twitter @rjpartington 

August 2024

  • A super-yacht moored in a harbour with a helicopter on its roof

    Wealth tax on super-rich could raise £1.5tn globally, campaigners say

  • a red and white traffic cone sits in a rain-filled pothole on a rural road

    Labour’s autumn budget must reverse ‘decade of decline’ in UK infrastructure

  • estate agent for sale signs on a Victorian terraced street

    Interest rate cut fuels immediate upturn in UK property market

  • Alan Taylor

    Critic of Osborne’s austerity policy joins Bank of England rate committee

  • Retailers in Great Britain get a kick out of Euro 2024 as sales rise

  • Angela Rayner told new towns plan risks missing England housing targets

  • ‘A big ask’: can Labour fix Britain using modern supply-side economics?

  • Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Labour ‘putting rail passengers first’, says minister as she blames Tories for prolonging strikes – as it happened

  • UK economy continues recovery from recession with GDP growth of 0.6%

  • Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Ending sexual violence on public transport is ‘absolute priority’, says minister – as it happened

  • Bank of England could still cut interest rates again despite rise in inflation

  • Treasury pledges low-carbon investment relief to appease oil and gas industry

  • First UK inflation increase of year forecast in setback for Bank of England

  • Tories left ‘legacy of structural racism’ in UK jobs market, says TUC

  • FTSE 100 chief executive pay reaches highest level on record

  • Repossession claims in England and Wales at highest in five years

  • Jobs market and pay growth are cooling off, large UK employers and recruiters warn

  • Two-child benefit cap is cementing regional poverty, Starmer told

  • Warm weather lifts UK retail sales in July but shoppers shun big purchases

  • Manufacturers and unions join forces to press for UK industrial strategy

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