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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he has made a choice to ‘prioritise defence’ as he declined to rule out cuts to other spending areas...

The UK’s competition regulator has asked for comments from interested parties on a range of partnerships between major tech and AI firms and whether they...

Private sector investment in weapons companies counts towards ‘ethical’ environmental, social and governance criteria, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said.

The PM said the world...

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will pledge a record package of military aid for Ukraine as he travels to Warsaw and Berlin to meet the...

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said ‘nothing will stand in our way’ of getting flights to Rwanda off the ground, as the government braced itself...

The UK manufacturing sector fell into contraction in April, flash purchasing managers’ index survey results showed Tuesday.

The headline seasonally adjusted S&P Global flash UK PMI...

Grocery price inflation eased further in April, aided by a significant increase in promotional spending, new data showed on Tuesday.

Kantar said annual UK grocery price...

The UK’s public sector borrowing surplus fell in March from the year before, according to the Office for National Statistics on Tuesday.

UK public sector net...

Wholesale prices in Ireland edged lower on a monthly basis in March, according to data from the Irish Central Statistics Office on Monday.

Wholesale prices fell...

Troubled utility Thames Water has put forward new plans to boost spending and investment in its network, but warned this could see customer bills surge...