Economic news and events

Rachel Reeves is under growing pressure to raise taxes on gambling firms to cover the cost of lifting the two-child benefit

Risks to the UK’s inflation outlook may have increased, justifying the need to take a cautious approach to cutting interest

Maria Steen has fallen short of the 20 signatures required to enter Ireland’s presidential race as the nomination window

Rachel Reeves has said the UK is getting ‘ahead in the global race for investment’ as Revolut unveiled plans to plug £3

UK private sector output remained in expansion territory in September, S&P Global reported on Tuesday.

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Higher tax and spending cuts are set to drag on UK growth next year, adding to a hit from US President Donald Trump’s tariff

Business activity in the Eurozone continued to improve in September, but failed to sustain the growth in new orders reported

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Irish wholesale prices held steady in August, as electricity costs and energy product

Irish wholesale prices held steady in August, as electricity costs and energy product prices eased, data from the Central

Plans are being mooted for an £830 million project off the UK coast that claims to be able to boost the UK’s depleted gas

The UK’s new Work & Pensions Secretary has refused to rule out tightening eligibility for universal credit, saying welfare

Gatwick Airport’s £2.2 billion second runway plan has been given the go-ahead by Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander.

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The UK is set to recognise a Palestinian state on Sunday despite pressure from the US and the families of hostages held by

UK retail sales rose at a faster pace than expected in August, numbers from the Office for National Statistics showed Friday

Donald Trump said a new tech deal would help the US and UK ‘dominate’ in the world of artificial intelligence (AI) as Keir

The UK Housing secretary will roll out a ‘building acceleration package’ as he seeks to speed up the rate of house building

The Bank of England on Thursday voted to hold UK interest rates at 4.00% as expected, amid stubbornly lofty inflation.

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Donald Trump is visiting the prime minister’s country retreat Chequers for talks with Keir Starmer on the final day of his

Keir Starmer will host Donald Trump at his grace & favour country home on Thursday, as the prime minister continues his

The King, the Queen and the Prince and Princess of Wales have welcomed Donald Trump and his wife Melania to the UK as the US

The eurozone’s consumer price inflation rate was steady in August, undershooting an earlier estimate, numbers on Wednesday

The annual house price growth in the UK decelerated in July, data published by the Office for National Statistics showed

The UK consumer price inflation rate was steady in August, landing slightly cooler than expected, numbers on Wednesday showed

A proposed deal to eliminate US tariffs on British steel has been shelved, it has emerged on the eve of Donald Trump’s second

Britain and the US have struck a tech deal that could bring billions of pounds of investment to the UK as President Donald

US President Donald Trump landed in Britain on Tuesday for an unprecedented second state visit, with the UK government

Finance bosses joined Chancellor Rachel Reeves and US counterpart Scott Bessent for talks on strengthening economic

Manufacturing firms in the UK have seen an increase in activity in the third quarter of the year, with signs that pent-up

UK grocery sales picked up but price inflation eased, according to data from Worldpanel on Tuesday, while Tesco PLC achieved

The UK unemployment rate was unmoved in July, as expected, numbers on Tuesday showed.

According to the Office for National

US President Donald Trump will touch down in the UK on Tuesday ready to embark on his controversial second state visit.

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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing the prospect of further questions about his leadership after sacking Peter Mandelson

Britain and the US will sign an agreement to speed up development of new nuclear power projects during President Donald Trump

Ireland’s trade surplus climbed by some €400 million in July, numbers on Monday showed, as exports rose at a faster pace than

The average price tag on a home jumped by just over £1,500 month-on-month in September as the autumn selling season got under

Downing Street officials were aware of emails between Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein when Keir Starmer defended the peer

Yvette Cooper has announced a raft of sanctions on Russia as the UK Foreign secretary visited Kyiv for the first overseas

Dealing with the legacy of Northern Ireland’s troubled past, relations with the EU and Gaza are set to be discussed during a

The UK government is ‘absolutely committed’ to its pledge to build 1.5 million new homes in England by 2029, the new Housing

The UK economy registered no growth in July, as expected, numbers on Friday showed.

According to the Office for National

Latvia will close the airspace on its eastern border with Belarus and Russia for a week in the wake of the incursion by

Ireland’s annual consumer price index inflation accelerated in August, data published by the Central Statistics Office showed

Peter Mandelson has been withdrawn as ambassador to the US after emails revealed the depth of his relationship with

The chancellor has said the UK economy feels ‘stuck’ as she revealed plans to consider business rates reforms including

The production in Ireland’s manufacturing industries returned to growth in July, although on-year growth decelerated, data

A UK business minister has said he cannot confirm or deny whether the major cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover was state

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will hold the first meeting of his new-look Cabinet on Tuesday as the race to replace Angela

UK workers are ‘job hugging’ to prioritise security over ambition, as confidence in the jobs market has weakened since last

Heathrow’s Terminal 4 check-in area was closed and evacuated Monday evening as firefighters responded to a ‘possible

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald has said her name ‘will not go forward’ as the party’s nominee for president.

McDonald said