Economic news and events

Keir Starmer has urged Iran to return to negotiations after Donald Trump launched US air strikes on the regime’s nuclear

The number of companies going bust across England and Wales increased last month after firms swallowed increased costs

The governor of the Bank of England has said he is not ‘convinced’ by new forms of money such as a digital pound, as he also

(Correcting UK annual retail sales growth for April.)

UK retail sales declined by more than expected in May, the Office for

(Correcting UK public sector borrowing in May.,)

UK retail sales declined by more than expected in May, the Office for

UK government borrowing last month jumped to the highest level for May outside the pandemic era despite a boost to the tax

UK retail sales declined by more than expected in May, the Office for National Statistics reported on Friday.

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David Lammy will travel to Geneva on Friday for talks with the Iranian foreign minister and European allies as the UK presses

A review of the design, planning and delivery of UK road and railway infrastructure projects has been launched.

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Keir Starmer has urged Donald Trump to step back from military action against Iran which could deepen the crisis in the

At least £9 billion a year will go to tackling the ‘soaring maintenance backlog’ and fixing crumbling schools, hospitals and

The Bank of England left interest rates unmoved on Thursday, though the vote split had a more dovish tilt than expected.

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The UK Foreign secretary is set to meet his US counterpart in Washington after Donald Trump said he was mulling whether to

France is considering stopping Britain-bound migrant boats in its shallow coastal waters, but the move raises both safety and

A UK minister has pledged to ‘sort out’ the ‘appalling mess’ of HS2 and confirmed the railway’s opening will be further

The annual rate of house price growth in the UK halved as a stamp duty holiday ended, according to Office for National

The opening of HS2 will be delayed beyond the planned date of 2033, the UK government will confirm.

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UK consumer price inflation data was in line with consensus for May, except for the core index, the Office for National

The UK government’s flagship reforms to the welfare system are expected to have their first outing in Parliament on Wednesday

Britain’s auto sector on Tuesday welcomed news that the US and UK have agreed to implement key parts of their tariff-cutting

The UK on Tuesday tightened its sanctions on Russia’s so-called shadow fleet, slapping bans on 20 more ships and blacklisting

The Republic of Ireland’s trade surplus jumped sharply on-year in April, boosted by pharmaceutical sales, data published by

Work to get US tariffs on UK steel removed will go on in the coming ‘days, weeks and months’, the UK Transport Secretary has

G7 leaders have described Iran as ‘the principal source of regional instability and terror’ as conflict rages in the Middle

The world’s biggest banks significantly increased their fossil fuel finance in 2024, according to an analysis.

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Keir Starmer has said France should do more to tackle a rise in small boat crossings in the English Channel, ahead of meeting

The UK government has announced plans to invest what it says is a record £7.9 billion in flood defences over the next 10

UK house prices have slipped this month, as sellers turn to ‘realistic pricing’ to sell homes, property portal Rightmove said

More RAF jets are being sent to the Middle East, Keir Starmer has said after Iran threatened to target UK, French and US

UK public procurement rules are set to be overhauled as ministers unveil their 10-year-plan for infrastructure this week.

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Britain and Canada will seek to revive stalled trade negotiations, Keir Starmer has indicated ahead of a meeting with Mark

The UK government has been warned at Westminster over offshoring ‘incalculably valuable’ UK health and security data, which

The UK prime minister has ‘urged all parties to step back’ after Israeli strikes targeting Iran’s nuclear programme.

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The government has played down suggestions the US could scrap a major defence deal with the UK and Australia, saying it was

Ireland’s consumer price inflation rate abated last month, official numbers on Thursday showed.

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Rachel Reeves failed to rule out further UK tax rises in the autumn as new figures showed the economy shrank more than

The UK economy fell at a faster pace than expected in April, numbers on Thursday showed, as services output slumped.

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Some £6 billion will be spent on speeding up testing and treatment in the National Health Service, Rachel Reeves has

The UK has reached a deal with the EU over Gibraltar’s border with Spain that will allow travellers to cross by land without

The EU announced on Wednesday it had sealed a deal with Britain on the status of the territory of Gibraltar, five years after

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday it was possible to rebalance economic relations with China if Beijing

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves said ‘we are renewing Britain’ as she set out how she plans to spend hundreds of billions of

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves said ‘we are renewing Britain’ as she set out how she plans to spend hundreds of billions of

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves will unveil her spending review on Wednesday, arguing that her priorities are ‘the priorities of

European Central Bank Chief Christine Lagarde warned Wednesday that ‘coercive trade policies’ risked harming supply chains

The UK has sanctioned two Israeli government ministers for ‘inciting violence’ and abuses of Palestinian human rights, David

The UK unemployment rate rose slightly in the three months to April, as expected, while pay growth was more moderate than

(Correcting the first sentence to ‘contracted in May’ instead of April)

Activity in Ireland’s construction sector contracted

The spending review is ‘settled’, Downing Street has said, after the Home Office was the last department locked in budget

NATO secretary-general Mark Rutte has said he sees no discrepancy between the UK’s current defence spending goals and his own