Was the chancellor right to relax fiscal rules and ramp up borrowing in his mini-Budget?

EXCL: Liz Truss chief of staff is being paid his salary via his lobbying firm and is only "seconded" to No10 in arrangement he won't explain Mark Fullbrook says he's not using company for tax benefit days after govt junked IR35 reforms to make this easier thetimes.co.uk/article/top-li…

Small businesses digest the blizzard of announcements last week. By Anna Menin thetimes.co.uk/article/tax-cu…

Should the UK set up a state-backed Great British Energy company to back projects such as tidal power and boost energy security?

EXCL: Two more of Liz Truss's most senior advisers entered No10 on loan from chief of staff's lobbying company in "unprecedented" deal Last week Downing St failed to say Fullbrook Strategies — lobbyist for rogue Libyan PM, PPE firm — had others inside thetimes.co.uk/article/two-se…

From Covid to the mini-budget: how Britain’s economic crisis unfolded - ⁦Jill Treanor⁩ tracks last week’s turmoil to summer 2021. A must read: thetimes.co.uk/article/6a44b9…

Was the government right to shy away from a public information campaign about saving energy this winter?

EXCLUSIVE: Bristol tech “unicorn” Graphcore has been dropped by Microsoft, as a key investor slashes its value by $1bn. With ⁦Jamie Nimmo⁩ thetimes.co.uk/article/f1c728…

Was Liz Truss right to ditch her cuts to corporation tax in her latest U-turn?

The saddest, most beautiful piece I think we’ve ever published. rob delaney⁩ on losing his son, Henry thetimes.co.uk/article/09dae3…

A quick history lesson of the bond markets that caused so many problems for last week's chancellor - and lessons, perhaps, for the new one thetimes.co.uk/article/politi…

My daughter's reception class is tackling a story book next term about food banks and learning about "no money days". What a deplorable state of the nation that this has become normalised.

NEW: TikTok content moderators in Colombia have to scroll through child abuse + gang violence – while being aggressively surveilled themselves. One ex-moderator, paid $10/day, told me she was required to keep her webcam on all night. In TIME The Bureau of Investigative Journalism time.com/6223340/tiktok…

Should the government introduce a windfall tax on Britain’s banks to plug a £40 billion hole in the public finances?

🚨Personal news klaxon 🚨 After consultation with colleagues, I have decided to stand as leader of the Con...oops, sorry.... Real news: October 31 will be my last day as Money editor of the Times and Sunday Times I'll be starting as news projects editor on the Sunday Times

Exclusive: Ministers are exploring plans for a rescue system for the broadband market similar to that in energy. Concerns are mounting about the health of the altnets, with talks advanced about creating a 'special administration' regime which rescued Bulb thetimes.co.uk/article/d7882e…

🗞️ I have started Times Business as M&A and restructuring correspondent. Thrilled to join such a great team at a busy time for the City. Do feel free to get in touch with any news on big deals or corporate collapses 💸💥

After Amazon forecast weaker sales this Christmas, are you planning to spend less on gifts due to the economic uncertainty?

Companies have claimed tax breaks for “innovations” such as vegan menus and washing machine temperature, The Times can reveal. James Hurley and I investigate the world of R&D tax credits, which HMRC think cost it £500m in fraud and error last year. thetimes.co.uk/article/fraud-…

My deep dive with Matilda Davies into the murky world of Special Advisers and the jobs they take on after leaving politics (with data!!) thetimes.co.uk/article/westmi…