Economic news and events

UK new car registrations rose above two million in 2025 for the first time since the pandemic, as growth in electric vehicle

Easing grocery price inflation allowed UK shoppers to spend an average of £476 at the supermarket in December – up £15 on a

Keir Starmer insisted Britain will turn a corner in 2026, as he made his first visit of the year to meet members of the

Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin urged ‘open trade’ in talks with China’s leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Monday, during a

Keir Starmer has said he ‘stands’ with Denmark after Donald Trump threatened to annex Greenland.

The UK prime minister added

UK household borrowing picked up in November, with higher mortgage and consumer credit lending, while businesses returned to

The UK is prepared to align even more closely with the EU single market if the move is in the national interest, Prime

RAF Typhoons and French aircraft have carried out a joint strike on an underground facility in Syria which had been occupied

Irish prime minister Micheal Martin arrived in Beijing on Sunday, Chinese state media said, kicking off a five-day visit

Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin will visit China on the invitation of counterpart Li Qiang from Sunday to Thursday

Electric vehicle drivers in central London have to pay the capital’s congestion charge for the first time.

Mayor Sir Sadiq

UK manufacturing showed further signs of stabilisation at the end of 2025, with output and new orders edging higher and the

Growth in UK house price growth slowed more than expected year-on-year in December, according to a report published on Friday

Boxing Day was a ‘bumper day’ for all UK retail destinations as data shows shopper footfall was up 4.4% on last year, making

UK retail sales returned to modest growth in the week before Christmas, driven by a sharp rebound in online spending

Irish wholesale prices showed no month-on-month change in November, as a sharp monthly jump in electricity prices was offset

The UK economy suffered a growth slowdown in the third quarter of the year, numbers from the Office for National Statistics

Keir Starmer will ‘absolutely’ be prime minister next Christmas, the chair of the Labour Party has said.

Anna Turley also

UK retail sales were weaker than expected in November, numbers on Friday showed, declining on-month and registering tamer on

UK public sector borrowing was higher than expected last month, but shrunk on year, numbers on Friday showed.

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The UK needs to be prepared for people to be ‘displaced from jobs’ due to the rise of artificial intelligence, AI, the

The British government on Thursday named career diplomat Christian Turner as its new ambassador to the US, replacing Peter

The Bank of England on Thursday reduced interest rates by 25 basis points but said judgements around further policy easing

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said she does not believe the assertion that 1,000 jobs are being lost in the North Sea every

UK Business Secretary Peter Kyle was ‘convinced’ there is a path to sustainability for the ethylene plant in Grangemouth

Ireland’s trade surplus narrowed in October as goods imports increased, according to Ireland’s Central Statistics Office data

The UK will rejoin the EU’s Erasmus student exchange scheme, the government has confirmed.

EU relations minister Nick Thomas

The UK government has granted planning permission for the construction of the first Universal Studios theme park in Europe.

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Downing Street has insisted the UK is still in ‘active conversations’ with the US on a technology prosperity deal after a

UK inflation eased in November, with both headline and core measures slowing as food, alcohol and tobacco prices fell

The White House on Tuesday suspended implementation of a tech cooperation deal with Britain that was signed during US

The UK’s private sector performed better than anticipated in December, however the overall pace of output and demand growth

The US has suspended implementation of a technology deal it struck with the UK during Donald Trump’s state visit to Britain

UK unemployment rose to 5.1% in the three months to October, up from 5.0% in the three months to September, according to

US President Donald Trump on Monday said he would be imminently filing a lawsuit against the BBC over its editing of his 2021

The UK housing market performed broadly in line with expectations over the last year, while property prices are anticipated

UK consumer sentiment on future finances deteriorated to a two-year low in December, data published by S&P Global showed

First-time buyers, self-employed people and older borrowers could find it easier to access mortgage finance under plans from

Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin will be regulated in a similar way to other finance products under new UK laws coming into

Manufacturers in the UK have had a volatile year but there are positive signs ahead, according to a new report published

Nationwide Building Society said on Monday that the UK housing market proved ‘resilient’ through 2025 despite subdued

The new head of Britain’s armed forces will call for ‘national resilience’ in the face of growing threats, particularly

Consumers in the UK surveyed in November before the government budget expected consumer price inflation to slow in 2026, the

The UK’s trade deficit increased sharply in the three months to October, the Office for National Statistics reported Friday.

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The UK economy shrank in October and in the three months leading up to October, the Office for National Statistics reported

Annual consumer price inflation in Ireland accelerated in November, although the EU harmonised rate sped up by less than

Heathrow on Thursday reported a rise in passenger traffic last month, making it the west London airport’s busiest November on

Keir Starmer will hold talks on Ukraine with allies in the coalition of the willing as peace efforts surrounding a US-led

Policymakers at the Bank of England said they expect Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ budget to knock as much as 0.5 percentage

Rachel Reeves said she and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer had decided ‘as a team’ not to raise income tax as she hit out at