Economic news and events

A UK bid to re-enter the EU is ‘an inevitability’, a Treasury minister has said.

Spencer Livermore was at the despatch box

Yvette Cooper has arrived in Beijing for in-depth talks on global security as the UK seeks to strengthen diplomatic relations

UK manufacturing activity expanded at its fastest pace in four years in May, although firms faced mounting cost pressures and

UK house price growth slowed sharply in May and prices fell on a monthly basis for the first time this year, as uncertainty

Keir Starmer has condemned a Russian drone strike that injured two people in Romania on Thursday night, calling it a ‘serious

The governor of the Bank of England has said that allowing inflation to remain above target levels for a period is

Irish consumer price inflation slowed a notch in May, preliminary data published by the Central Statistics Office showed

The number of UK house sales surged by 53% last month compared with the year before, new estimates show, but experts

The volume of retail sales in Ireland declined in April, data published by the Central Statistics Office showed Thursday.

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The UK’s youth unemployment crisis is costing the country around £125 billion a year, a review has estimated as its author

UK total vehicle manufacturing declined slightly in April as weaker domestic demand outweighed a slight increase in export

Keir Starmer hailed a ‘generational uplift’ in the UK’s defence and security ties to Poland, as he signed a new treaty with

UK grocery price inflation eased in recent weeks, to the tamest level since December 2024, data on Wednesday revealed

The price of baked beans, garlic and avocados in the UK could be cut under plans to cut the tariffs of 125 ‘everyday

A new package of UK sanctions aiming to shut off funding to Russia’s war effort will target crypto networks.

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The European Union has rebuffed a UK government push to access its single market for goods ahead of a summit set for July, UK

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves has told cabinet colleagues to award government contracts in shipbuilding, steel-making, energy

A major summit on tackling global flows of dirty money has been postponed by six months as the Iran war consumes the

Campaigners have cheered the UK chancellor’s move to take aim at oil and gas profits with plans to close a tax loophole on

Ireland’s producer price index inflation rate slowed markedly on a month-on-month basis in April, data published by the

UK public sector borrowing was higher than expected last month, numbers on Friday showed, while retail sales were shy of

Irish premier Micheal Martin was embraced by Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris ahead of a meeting between the two

The UK government has announced multimillion-pound funding packages for chemicals and ceramics firms which it said will

Rachel Reeves has announced a temporary cut in the rate of VAT on attractions such as theme parks, zoos and museums from 20%

UK Communities Secretary Steve Reed said the profits of firms exploiting high demand for vulnerable children’s accommodation