Economic news and events

The historically high tax burden in the UK could be stifling growth, a senior member of the budget watchdog has warned.

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The final UK composite purchasing managers index reading was slightly lower than anticipated in February but remained in

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was upset with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who has not joined the US

Downing Street said the US is still a ‘staunch’ ally after Donald Trump launched another broadside against UK Prime Minister

The Office for Budget Responsibility on Tuesday warned the conflict in the Middle East could have very significant impacts on

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves on Tuesday said she has no doubts in Britain’s ability to navigate the challenges the country

The UK is considering sending a warship to the Middle East, while France reportedly plans to move air defence systems to

France plans to send air defence systems to Cyprus after a British base on the island came under attack, according to a

The UK will take decisions based on ‘legality and British interests’, a minister has insisted after Donald Trump launched

US President Donald Trump said the historical relationship between his country and Britain was ‘not like it used to be’, in

UK take-home grocery sales rose in February as shoppers continued to spend more at the tills and increasingly turned to

The UK government has the ‘right economic plan for the country’, Rachel Reeves will insist at the spring statement.

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Keir Starmer defended his decision not to allow UK bases to be used by the US in the initial strikes against Iran in the face

Donald Trump said he was ‘very disappointed’ in UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer for initially refusing to allow the use of the

Ireland’s annual inflation rate eased slightly in February, according to a flash estimate from the Central Statistics Office

UK mortgage approvals unexpectedly declined in January, data from the Bank of England showed on Monday.

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UK manufacturing growth was worse than expected in February, survey results published on Monday showed; however there were

Officials are understood to be working on plans for the potential evacuation of more than 100,000 Britons from the Middle

UK house prices rose more than expected on-year in February, Nationwide reported on Monday.

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Britain should avoid being dragged into a war in the Middle East, a senior Labour MP has said after the US and Israel

The UK Foreign Office has ‘temporarily’ withdrawn its staff from Iran amid the threat of US strikes against the country.

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Retail sales in Ireland rose both annually and monthly in January, provisional data published by the Central Statistics

House sales in the UK recorded their first ‘significant’ decrease in January since last summer, according to HM Revenue &

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under intense pressure to shift Labour to the left after the Green Party secured a historic

The Green Party has won its first ever parliamentary by-election in Gorton & Denton, dealing a bitter blow to UK Prime

Gibraltar will remain British, but people will be able to travel freely across the land border with Spain, according to a

This month is on track to see the highest number of UK homes being freshly listed for sale in February for a decade

Online discussion platform Reddit has been fined more than £14 million after the UK data watchdog said it had failed to

A record 302 million passengers travelled through UK airports last year, new figures show.

This was a 2.4% increase from 295

UK Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy is to push for more use of artificial intelligence to cut court backlogs.

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US tariffs are ‘here to stay’ and could lead to shockwaves across the economy for ‘many years’, a Bank of England policymaker

‘Nothing is off the table’ in the UK’s response to US President Donald Trump’s threats that he will impose 15% global tariffs

Former Amazon.com Inc executive Doug Gurr is set to be the next permanent chair of the UK’s competition regulator.

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Fitch Ratings on Friday maintained its stable outlook and AA minus rating for the UK amid ‘modest’ gross domestic product

The annual decline in producer prices in Ireland decelerated in January as prices returned to monthly growth, data published

The number of job vacancies in the UK has fallen to a five-year low, approaching levels not seen since the pandemic, research

High-level talks are ongoing after Donald Trump’s announcement of 15% global tariffs and the government wants ‘the best

US core personal consumption expenditures grew at a faster rate than expected in December, the US Bureau of Economic Analysis

UK borrowing is expected to fall faster in the current fiscal year than anticipated, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said

Paris-based energy group EDF on Friday raised the budget for the long-delayed Hinkley Point C nuclear plant in Britain

Growth in both services and manufacturing sector activity in the UK was stronger than expected in February, which was however

UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper will meet her US counterpart Marco Rubio for talks in Washington after Britain’s Chagos

EDF has revealed that a fall in prices and a prolonged outage at one of its nuclear power stations dragged on UK profits last

The UK public sector reported a record surplus for January, while automotive fuel helped push retail sales higher for the

Donald Trump has withdrawn his backing for UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Chagos Islands deal because he has not received

Ireland’s annual harmonised consumer price index inflation rate decelerated more than expected in January, data published by

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has appointed Antonia Romeo as Cabinet Secretary and head of the Civil Service, praising her

Donald Trump has urged Keir Starmer not to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a day after the US said it approved of

The average UK house price increased by 2.4% annually in December last year, slowing from 2.8% growth in the year to November

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has reiterated his backing for the US-led peace plan for Gaza in a phone call with Donald