Economic news and events

The water watchdog for England and Wales will be abolished, the Guardian reported on Friday.

Next week, UK ministers will

Lloyds Banking Group PLC will make an extra £4 billion available to first-time buyers borrowing at high loan-to-income ratios

Keir Starmer has hailed the ‘closeness’ of the UK and Germany, as the two nations signed a treaty that is set to free up

Ireland’s trade surplus climbed in May, boosted in particular by intra-EU trade, data published by the Central Statistics

Donald Trump has backed oil and gas over ‘detrimental’ wind power projects as he said he will meet Keir Starmer for talks in

The UK jobless rate increased in May, average weekly earnings eased and the number of job vacancies, in another sign that the

Keir Starmer will host German chancellor Friedrich Merz on his first official visit to the UK on Thursday as the prime

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he was not currently planning to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, but

UK house price growth accelerated in May, official data from the Office for National Statistics showed Wednesday.

The average

Explosive-laden drones hit three oil fields in Iraq’s northern autonomous Kurdistan region early Wednesday, Kurdish forces

UK consumer price inflation was more robust than expected last month, numbers on Wednesday showed, hitting the loftiest rate

Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has said that ‘urgent’ reforms of retail banking payments should be a priority as he

Chancellor Rachel Reeves told City bosses on Tuesday that Britain cannot meet its growth ambitions without a ‘fighting fit

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves has unveiled a package of reforms to the UK’s financial system set to be the biggest in a decade

The Bank of England has said it will implement rules which will make it easier for mid-sized banks to compete in the mortgage

US President Donald Trump on Monday told Russia to resolve its Ukraine war within 50 days or face massive new economic

Rachel Reeves has not ruled out the possibility of a new wealth tax but insisted commitments not to hike tax for ‘working

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will meet Donald Trump when the US president visits Scotland ahead of his second state visit

Donald Trump will be hosted by the King and Queen at Windsor Castle during his unprecedented second state visit to the UK in

The UK government will be guided by ‘fairness’ on tax, a senior Cabinet minister said when asked if tax rises are coming in

Ireland’s deputy premier Simon Harris has described an announcement from Donald Trump that the EU and Mexico will face a 30%

A baseline 10% tariff on most UK goods heading for the US is likely ‘here to stay’, Peter Mandelson has said.

The UK’s

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will travel to London on July 17 in his first visit there since taking office in May, Berlin

The UK trade deficit narrowed in May, as exports rose and imports were largely steady, numbers on Friday showed.

The Office

Cash individual savings accounts in the UK will be left untouched at next week’s Mansion House speech, in a move that has