Economic news and events

The UK’s annual inflation rate was steady last month, defying expectations of an acceleration, numbers on Wednesday showed.

According to the Office for National Statistics,...

The UK is open to ‘ideas’ of nations seeking to join part of the Aukus trilateral defence agreement, David Cameron has suggested.

The Foreign Secretary said...

Michael Gove is set to intervene in London to push for more developments on brownfield sites in the capital, as part of a wider move...

The UK unemployment rate was lower than expected in the last three months of 2023, and growth in earnings was more robust, data showed on...

The governor of the Bank of England has said that UK banks have emerged from a volatile few years in ‘sound health’, but said the...

The average two-year fixed mortgage rate on the market in the UK recorded its biggest month-on-month fall since December 2022 in February, according to a...

UK and EU science chiefs are urging British researchers and businesses to make the most of Horizon funding, and apply for grants that might help...

Water companies could be fined up to a 10th of their turnover for poor customer service, under new powers given to the water regulator for...

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is entering what could be one of the most challenging weeks of his premiership, with potentially gloomy economic numbers, tricky...

The reduction in construction activity in Ireland decelerated in January, as employment increased and cost inflation eased to a three-month low, purchasing manager’s index survey...