Economic news and events

Keir Starmer has said France should do more to tackle a rise in small boat crossings in the English Channel, ahead of meeting

The UK government has announced plans to invest what it says is a record £7.9 billion in flood defences over the next 10

UK house prices have slipped this month, as sellers turn to ‘realistic pricing’ to sell homes, property portal Rightmove said

More RAF jets are being sent to the Middle East, Keir Starmer has said after Iran threatened to target UK, French and US

UK public procurement rules are set to be overhauled as ministers unveil their 10-year-plan for infrastructure this week.

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Britain and Canada will seek to revive stalled trade negotiations, Keir Starmer has indicated ahead of a meeting with Mark

The UK government has been warned at Westminster over offshoring ‘incalculably valuable’ UK health and security data, which

The UK prime minister has ‘urged all parties to step back’ after Israeli strikes targeting Iran’s nuclear programme.

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The government has played down suggestions the US could scrap a major defence deal with the UK and Australia, saying it was

Ireland’s consumer price inflation rate abated last month, official numbers on Thursday showed.

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Rachel Reeves failed to rule out further UK tax rises in the autumn as new figures showed the economy shrank more than

The UK economy fell at a faster pace than expected in April, numbers on Thursday showed, as services output slumped.

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Some £6 billion will be spent on speeding up testing and treatment in the National Health Service, Rachel Reeves has

The UK has reached a deal with the EU over Gibraltar’s border with Spain that will allow travellers to cross by land without

The EU announced on Wednesday it had sealed a deal with Britain on the status of the territory of Gibraltar, five years after

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday it was possible to rebalance economic relations with China if Beijing

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves said ‘we are renewing Britain’ as she set out how she plans to spend hundreds of billions of

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves said ‘we are renewing Britain’ as she set out how she plans to spend hundreds of billions of

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves will unveil her spending review on Wednesday, arguing that her priorities are ‘the priorities of

European Central Bank Chief Christine Lagarde warned Wednesday that ‘coercive trade policies’ risked harming supply chains

The UK has sanctioned two Israeli government ministers for ‘inciting violence’ and abuses of Palestinian human rights, David

The UK unemployment rate rose slightly in the three months to April, as expected, while pay growth was more moderate than

(Correcting the first sentence to ‘contracted in May’ instead of April)

Activity in Ireland’s construction sector contracted

The spending review is ‘settled’, Downing Street has said, after the Home Office was the last department locked in budget

NATO secretary-general Mark Rutte has said he sees no discrepancy between the UK’s current defence spending goals and his own