Lucy Powell appears to endorse Ed Miliband as Andy Burnham’s chancellor

Labour deputy leader says she thinks energy secretary would be good in Treasury but ‘tittle-tattle’ over cabinet posts is ‘unedifying’

Rising cost of insuring against climate crisis will have wider knock-on effects for UK economy

As extreme weather events become more common, economists say government will need to take more active role to protect consumers

Labour has abandoned the missions that brought it to power. Here’s how Burnham could revive them

With a new prime minister incoming, Labour faces a fundamental question about its economic vision, says economics professor Mariana Mazzucato

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Make pension tax relief only available to savers prepared to invest in UK, Andy Haldane says

British Chambers of Commerce chief calls for ‘home bias’ on retirement savings to close funding gap for SMEs

‘Act on the evidence outside the window’: Andy Burnham urged to stick to net zero targets if he becomes PM

Burnham is coming under pressure from some to ditch net zero targets but this could be highly damaging on many levels

Reform UK plan to target EU nationals based in Britain ‘absolutely outrageous’

Exclusive: Rights group says Nigel Farage’s party is reneging on promises made during the Brexit referendum campaign