Economic news and events

The number of UK house sales in October was 2% lower than in the same month a year earlier, according to HM Revenue & Customs

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing backbench anger after ministers abandoned plans to give workers day-one protection

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said that the budget ‘asked everybody to make a contribution’ in order to protect public

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves shied away from meaningful reforms which could ‘move the dial’ on economic growth, a leading

Rachel Reeves has insisted taxes have been kept at ‘an absolute minimum on ordinary working people’, even as an influential

Rachel Reeves will face further questions after delivering a budget that raised tax by £26 billion but was overshadowed by an

Britain’s government signalled on Wednesday it could issue permits for oil and gas extraction around existing North Sea

The UK chancellor on Wednesday laid out a raft of tax raising measures as she seeks to increase her fiscal buffer and calm

The Office for Budget Responsibility on Wednesday released details, apparently in error, of its economic forecasts and tax

The UK’s economy will grow more slowly than predicted over the next four years, according to a forecast that was published

Tanaiste Simon Harris has said the Irish economy is ‘in a position of relative strength’ after a watchdog said the government

Rachel Reeves acknowledged people are ‘angry at unfairness’ in the British economy ahead of unveiling her second budget on

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves has urged Labour MPs to back her forthcoming budget, as the final day before the major government

(Allince News) - The UK government on Saturday published a policy paper outlining a critical minerals strategy which aims to

Moody’s late Friday affirmed the UK’s Aa3 credit rating and ’stable’ outlook ahead of next week’s budget, noting ‘balanced

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves has pledged to ‘grip the cost of living’ in her budget next week.

In an example of one move aiming

Irish producer prices remained lower than a year earlier in October, despite a modest monthly rise, according to figures from

Britain cannot continue to ‘muddle through’ and must take ‘a different path’ on the economy, the Chancellor of the Exchequer

The UK private sector lost impetus in November, according to a preliminary purchasing managers’ index reading from S&P Global

UK public sector borrowing was higher than expected last month, numbers on Friday showed, ahead of next week’s government

Keir Starmer has refused to rule out freezing income tax thresholds at the budget next week.

The UK’s prime minister declined

Ireland’s trade surplus widened in September as goods exports jumped by more than a quarter, driven by a sharp rise in

UK consumer price inflation cooled last month, to the tamest level since June, numbers on Wednesday showed.

According to the

A trade union has urged the chancellor not to ‘sacrifice’ oil and gas workers and ease the windfall tax at the budget this

Speculation over the upcoming budget is partly to blame for weaker-than-expected economic growth figures as worries over tax