Economic news and events

Senior police chiefs and government watchdogs have written to the UK prime minister warning they will be forced to make

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to tear up Treasury rules as she announces billions of pounds of investment in public

UK industry has welcomed Donald Trump’s decision to keep tariffs at 25% on British steel and aluminium for now, but warned

Keeping Thames Water and other utility firms afloat through public ownership could draw money away from the NHS, the UK’s

The speed at which UK interest rates can be cut is ‘shrouded in a lot more uncertainty’ due to the ‘unpredictable’ global

UK economic forecasts have been downgraded for the next two years as trade tensions linked to US President Donald Trump’s

Britain faces ‘water rationing like we have in the Mediterranean’ without new reservoirs, the water minister has warned.

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Keir Starmer has said another Scottish independence referendum is not a ‘priority’ and he cannot imagine one taking place

The water sector in England and Wales needs a ‘fundamental reset’ after being plagued with ‘deep-rooted, systemic’ failures

UK Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds is set to meet US officials on Tuesday as the UK aims to set a timeline for its

Military drones and lasers will receive a £5 billion investment as the UK government bids to put ‘the kit of the future into

The UK will move to ‘war-fighting readiness’, Keir Starmer said as questions remained about his plans to increase defence

Planned border checks on fruit and vegetables imported into the UK from the EU will be scrapped.

The government has said Keir

The UK manufacturing economy remained in contraction territory in May, numbers on Monday showed, amid weak global demand and

Mortgage borrowing by UK households plunged in April, while credit card spending surged, according to Bank of England data

The UK must change its approach to defence in a changing world which is more unstable and insecure than before, Keir Starmer

The UK will build up to 12 new nuclear-powered attack submarines and invest £15 billion in its warhead programme, Prime

Airlines on Monday revised down their traffic and profit forecasts for 2025, citing ‘headwinds’ for the global economy, with

UK house price growth accelerated in May, amid ‘supportive’ underlying conditions for home buyers, according to an index.

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Sir Keir Starmer has pledged a wave of new investments to turn the armed forces into a ‘formidable, integrated fighting

Defence spending at 3% of GDP by 2034 is a firm commitment, John Healey has said.

The Government has previously set out its

Consumer prices in Ireland cooled in May, as weaker energy and transport costs helped ease broader inflationary pressures

A rate-setter at the Bank of England has said he remains ‘pretty concerned’ about the economic outlook as he renewed calls to

The governor of the Bank of England has welcomed the UK government’s efforts to forge closer ties with the EU, as he said

The UK government has stepped in to take control of the planning process for two major new reservoirs, as it warns UK water