Markets think Omicron plan B will delay rise in UK interest rates

Fears of economic slowdown mean Bank of England less likely to intervene to dampen inflationCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew restrictions to limit the spread of the Omicron variant will delay an interest rate increase fro…

UK politics live: PM’s social care plan ‘about helping very well off’, says former Tory pensions minister

Latest updates: Ros Altmann says plan only helps the wealthy, MPs are due to vote on social care proposals tonightBoris Johnson praises Peppa Pig and loses place in rambling speechUK minister refuses to rule out people having to sell homes to fund care…

Why September’s dip in UK inflation may be a false dawn

Analysis: Covid support schemes have distorted official data and experts fear inflation will resume its ascentUK inflation falls despite supply crisis and rising petrol pricesCoronavirus – latest updatesJust when everyone was preparing for a stratosphe…

‘Economically illiterate’: PM’s Tory conference speech gets frosty reception

Next boss, thinktanks and unions criticise Boris Johnson, saying ‘shortages cannot be blustered away’Business leaders rounded on Boris Johnson for lacking a coherent economic plan after he delivered a boosterish conference speech that made barely a men…