Economic news and events

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves is in talks to raise the value added tax threshold for businesses in a bid to boost growth, The

Ireland’s retail sales growth accelerated in July, data published by the Central Statistics Office showed on Thursday.

Retail

House sales in the UK lifted higher last month as activity continued its recovery following the end of the stamp duty holiday

Banking stocks in London were hit on Friday by reports that UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves could target the sector to help shore

Parliament will continue sit for a single session until spring of next year, ministers in the UK have announced.

The session

Troubled Thames Water Utilities Ltd has agreed to pay £24.5 million of its record £122.7 million in fines by the end of

The energy price cap will rise by 2% from October 1 for a typical household in England, Scotland and Wales, Ofgem has said.

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The UK government said it wants to get a permanent deal with the EU on food and drink agreed in the next 18 months, as it

The tanaiste is ‘full of compassion’ and ‘empathy’, a Fine Gael minister said as he backed Simon Harris amid calls for his

Sinn Fein has not yet decided whether to field its own presidential candidate or back another, Mary Lou McDonald said.

The

Irish producer prices fell at a slower pace last month, numbers on Friday showed.

According to the nation’s Central

Activity growth in the UK was better than expected in August but an ongoing fall in employment continued to be a weak spot

UK public sector net borrowing fell to around £1 billion in July, the Office for National Statistics reported on Thursday.

Net

House prices in the UK rose solidly in June with broad-based growth led by Scotland and Northern Ireland, a report on

A UK Treasury minister has not ruled out hitting owners of high-value houses with capital gains tax, CGT, when they sell

UK consumer price and retail price inflation were both higher than anticipated on an annual basis, the Office for National

The number of companies going bust across England and Wales remained elevated last month, new data shows, as pressures

The Office for National Statistics on Tuesday said it was delaying the release of UK retail sales figures, that were due to

UK grocery price inflation eased a bit in recent weeks, numbers from market researcher Worldpanel showed on Tuesday, as

The UK economy was bigger than previously estimated at the end of 2023, according to revised official figures.

The Office for

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has hailed ‘real progress’ made during a White House summit with European leaders aimed at

The Treasury is considering plans to raise money from a tax on the sale of homes worth more than £500,000, according to

Consumer sentiment in the UK improved a little in August, though remained negative, survey results published by S&P Global

Keir Starmer will join European leaders in presenting a united front with Volodymyr Zelensky at his crunch meeting at the

The US and Russian Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin failed at a high-stakes summit to reach an accord on halting