Economic news and events

The UK’s financial watchdog has said it was not expecting the ‘stern reaction’ to its plans to ‘name and shame’ firms it is investigating, after...

New home buyer inquiries fell back in April following three months of increases in a row, according to surveyors.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said...

UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron will on Thursday urge Nato partners to soon start spending 2.5% of GDP on defence, during a major speech in...

Growth in the UK construction sector quickened in April, according to the latest purchasing managers’ index survey results from S&P Global.

The headline S&P Global UK...

Annual growth in UK house prices quickened last month, while they returned to slight growth on a monthly basis, numbers from mortgage lender Halifax showed...

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has insisted the result of the next general election ‘isn’t a foregone conclusion’ and that he is ‘absolutely determined to...

Russia has threatened to strike British military facilities and said it will hold drills simulating the use of battlefield nuclear weapons amid rising tensions over...

John Swinney is expected to be Scotland’s next first minister, after he emerged as the only candidate to stand to be the SNP’s new leader.

After...

Rishi Sunak has conceded the Conservatives may not win the next general election, as Tory rebels warned him to change his political course after defeats...

Labour’s Sadiq Khan has stormed to victory in the London mayoral election.

Incumbent mayor Khan beat his nearest rival, Tory candidate Susan Hall, in a contest...