Economic news and events

The visit of US President Donald Trump to Scotland is in the ‘public interest’, UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said.

Trump is

UK retail sales improved in June following record-setting warm weather but fell short of expectations, the Office for

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer told Indian counterpart Narendra Modi the signing of a trade deal was a ‘historic day’ for the

A weak growth trajectory and job cuts in the UK will add to pressure on the Bank of England to cut rates again in August, S&P

UK vehicle manufacturing fell in the first half of the year as the sector continued to grapple with global economic and trade

Keir Starmer and India’s Narendra Modi are set to sign off on a trade deal worth £6 billion in investment for the British

Nearly four-fifths of UK mortgage brokers are noticing a rise in the amount of lending agreed for their clients, according to

There are ‘no plans’ to introduce a tourism tax in England, Downing Street said, amid claims that Angela Rayner’s efforts to

Water companies in England and their investors could see potential deals face extra scrutiny under plans to add the industry

UK grocery price inflation accelerated to a roughly one-and-a-half year high, numbers from market researcher Worldpanel

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said a review into raising the state pension age is needed to ensure the system is

UK public sector net borrowing was higher than expected in June, figures released by the Office for National Statistics

UK public sector net borrowing was higher than expected in June, figures released by the Office for National Statistics

Ofwat will be abolished as part of an overhaul of a ‘broken’ water regulation system that failed customers and the

Consumer sentiment in the UK was little changed in July, data published by S&P Global showed Monday.

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Ministers in the UK are to resurrect the Pensions Commission amid fears that today’s workers face a greater risk of poverty

The system for regulating water companies should be overhauled and replaced with one body for England and one body for Wales

Households will continue to face rising water bills despite an overhaul of how the sector is regulated, the UK Environment

The nationalisation of a second train company by the Labour government in the UK has been completed.

Operator c2c, which runs

The UK has sanctioned a string of Russian spies and hackers, accusing them of carrying out a campaign to ‘destabilise Europe’

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