Topic: Economy

Reform is trying to distract from its problems by attacking ordinary people

Cuts to personal independence payments and welfare for foreign nationals are simply bad ideas — but Nigel Farage’s party only cares about one thing

Shehab Khan
Learners in limbo as government fails to set date for halal student loans

A pre-tender notice earlier this year pointed to a 2027 rollout but time is running out as October deadline looms

Lucas Cumiskey
Islamic bank pauses work with ethical UK fintech firm after historic founder ‘arms deals’ attempt allegation

Gatehouse Bank says it has put award-winning partnership on hold, following a media report about Algbra’s founder and chief executive

Lucas Cumiskey

Artificial intelligence needs to be one of Burnham’s biggest priorities

The UK’s new leader will have to rise to the challenges of a rapidly changing world
Talks on third round of Islamic bonds at ‘advanced stage’, minister says

Chief secretary to the treasury Lucy Rigby told an Islamic finance event in parliament that a third round of sukuk is in the works
7 black holes in public data about Muslims

Policymakers know very little about Muslims’ experiences in healthcare, justice and education. That’s a problem when it comes to tackling inequality
Is Labour on track for real change?

Keir Starmer’s resignation as prime minister may give the government a clean state, but it also hands urgent obligations to his successor
How Keir Starmer failed British Muslims

The outgoing prime minister was weak on Islamophobia, abandoned Labour’s pro-Palestine wing and criminalised Muslim political expression
‘A great loss’: Queensway Market traders threatened with eviction

Thousands have signed a petition opposing the conversion of the central London site, which houses 40 shops and a small mosque, into a Whole Foods