Economic news and events

Rachel Reeves is under growing pressure to raise taxes on gambling firms to cover the cost of lifting the two-child benefit

Risks to the UK’s inflation outlook may have increased, justifying the need to take a cautious approach to cutting interest

Maria Steen has fallen short of the 20 signatures required to enter Ireland’s presidential race as the nomination window

Rachel Reeves has said the UK is getting ‘ahead in the global race for investment’ as Revolut unveiled plans to plug £3

UK private sector output remained in expansion territory in September, S&P Global reported on Tuesday.

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Higher tax and spending cuts are set to drag on UK growth next year, adding to a hit from US President Donald Trump’s tariff

Business activity in the Eurozone continued to improve in September, but failed to sustain the growth in new orders reported

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Irish wholesale prices held steady in August, as electricity costs and energy product

Irish wholesale prices held steady in August, as electricity costs and energy product prices eased, data from the Central

Plans are being mooted for an £830 million project off the UK coast that claims to be able to boost the UK’s depleted gas

The UK’s new Work & Pensions Secretary has refused to rule out tightening eligibility for universal credit, saying welfare

Gatwick Airport’s £2.2 billion second runway plan has been given the go-ahead by Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander.

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The UK is set to recognise a Palestinian state on Sunday despite pressure from the US and the families of hostages held by

UK retail sales rose at a faster pace than expected in August, numbers from the Office for National Statistics showed Friday

Donald Trump said a new tech deal would help the US and UK ‘dominate’ in the world of artificial intelligence (AI) as Keir

The UK Housing secretary will roll out a ‘building acceleration package’ as he seeks to speed up the rate of house building

The Bank of England on Thursday voted to hold UK interest rates at 4.00% as expected, amid stubbornly lofty inflation.

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Donald Trump is visiting the prime minister’s country retreat Chequers for talks with Keir Starmer on the final day of his

Keir Starmer will host Donald Trump at his grace & favour country home on Thursday, as the prime minister continues his

The King, the Queen and the Prince and Princess of Wales have welcomed Donald Trump and his wife Melania to the UK as the US

The eurozone’s consumer price inflation rate was steady in August, undershooting an earlier estimate, numbers on Wednesday

The annual house price growth in the UK decelerated in July, data published by the Office for National Statistics showed

The UK consumer price inflation rate was steady in August, landing slightly cooler than expected, numbers on Wednesday showed

A proposed deal to eliminate US tariffs on British steel has been shelved, it has emerged on the eve of Donald Trump’s second

Britain and the US have struck a tech deal that could bring billions of pounds of investment to the UK as President Donald