Economic news and events

Ireland’s national debt has fallen slightly to €42,000 per person, in what is one of the highest gross public debt levels in the world.

The figures...

The UK chancellor has been given less room to offer budget tax cuts after official figures showed a smaller-than-expected surplus in January, but giveaway hopes...

The UK economy is expected to grow 0.4% in 2024 and pick up speed in 2025, according to an average of City forecasts compiled by...

The UK’s public sector borrowing surplus more than doubled in January from the year before, according to the Office for National Statistics on Wednesday, though...

Plans to overhaul Britian’s railways have been published by the UK government in a draft Bill.

Proposals include the creation of a new public sector body...

A new probe into the supply of baby formula milk has been launched by the UK’s competition watchdog after it found that prices had soared...

Rishi Sunak is set to pledge he will ‘never take our food security for granted’ as he outlines support for farmers in a speech to...

Severn Trent PLC has been fined more than £2 million for polluting the River Trent near Stoke.

Huge amounts of raw sewage were discharged into the...

Michael Gove has announced proposals to require planning permission for short-term lets in the UK to prevent a ‘hollowing out’ of communities.

The new law would...

The average price tag on a UK home jumped by more than £3,000 month-on-month in February, according to a property website.

Across Britain, the average new...