Economic news and events

NATO head Mark Rutte on Monday urged a ‘quantum leap’ in defence capabilities including a ‘400% increase’ in air and missile

Britain’s Labour government on Monday announced it had reversed a policy to scrap a winter heating benefit for millions of

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday pledged to boost ‘homegrown talent for the AI age’ by teaming up with tech giants to

Ireland’s industrial sector grew 13.2% on a quarterly basis between February and April, data published by the Central

The UK Home Office remains locked in negotiations with the Treasury over its budget, with time running out before the

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will travel to Canada later this week to meet Mark Carney for talks on security and economic

Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng will meet a US delegation for talks next week in Britain, Beijing announced Saturday amid a

The UK government on Sunday announced £86 billion of investment in science and technology and defence by 2030, days before it

Senior representatives from the US and China will meet in London on Monday for further trade talks, US President Donald Trump

David Lammy will seek to deepen UK-India economic ties as he visits New Delhi this weekend, saying Britain’s recently agreed

Japan said on Saturday it was making ‘progress’ in talks aimed at easing US President Donald Trump’s tariffs, but cautioned

US President Donald Trump said Friday that Elon Musk had ‘lost his mind’ but insisted he wanted to move on from the fiery

The average UK house price fell by around £1,150 or 0.4% in May, Halifax Building Society said on Friday, according to its

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will host NATO head Mark Rutte in London next Monday for talks focussing on defence spending

Ireland’s quarterly economic growth accelerated at a much quicker pace than the initial estimate, provisional data published

Ireland’s unemployment rate continued to improve in May, data published by the Central Statistics Office showed on Thursday

UK construction activity was better than expected in May, as its decline slowed, survey results from S&P Global showed on

The UK’s new car market returned to growth in May with a 1.6% increase in registrations, figures show.

Industry body the

The UK’s headline inflation figure was 0.1 percentage points too high for April due to an error in the vehicle tax data

Troubled Thames Water is ‘contemptible’ and lies to the public, Parliament has heard.

The scathing assessment was made at

The US trade deal will be implemented ‘within a very short time’, the UK prime minister has said after Donald Trump exempted

Health workers are to be balloted on industrial action in a dispute over pay.

Unite said its members in England and Wales will

Police in the UK will not have to make choices about which crimes they investigate following the government’s spending review

Rachel Reeves acknowledged she had been forced to reject calls for funding for ‘good’ projects as she refused to loosen the

More pensioners will receive the winter fuel allowance this winter – but payments will not be universal, the government has