Economic news and events

A deal to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius is being ‘finalised’ after winning approval from Donald Trump’s US, Downing

RAF fighter jets will patrol Polish airspace on Nato’s eastern flank, the Ministry of Defence, MoD, has said.

The department

Donald Trump’s tariffs will have an impact on the UK economy, Chancellor Rachel Reeves told Cabinet ministers, as the world

Export of pharmaceutical products from Ireland to the US could reduce by around a half if the US president imposes a 20%

Keir Starmer acknowledged the cost-of-living crisis in the UK is ongoing and people were feeling the pressure of rising

Manufacturing activity in the UK continued to decline in March, albeit at a slightly lower pace than anticipated, survey

Angela Rayner insisted a rise to the UK national living wage coming into effect on Tuesday will give workers ‘more money in

Keir Starmer said it was likely that Donald Trump’s tariffs would hit the UK and promised to act in the national interest in

UK grocery sales picked up as supermarkets were mindful of inflationary pressures on shoppers, with promotions playing a

UK house prices grew at the same annual rate in March as in February, figures from mortgage lender Nationwide showed on

The deposit protection limit for savers if their bank or building society fails could be raised by £25,000 later this year

The Irish minister for Housing has refused to set out the government’s social housing targets for the year ahead, saying he

The UK is expecting to be hit by Donald Trump’s tariffs this week, Downing Street has said, as discussions with the US are

[Alliance News] - The Irish premier has said the EU will be ‘strategic’ in its response if Donald Trump sparks a trade war

US tariffs could harm the entire world’s economy, Yvette Cooper has said.

The UK Home secretary reiterated the prime minister

Ireland’s harmonised consumer price index inflation accelerated in March, preliminary data published by the Central

UK mortgage approvals were slightly lower than expected last month, according to numbers from the Bank of England on Monday.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump have agreed on the need to ‘keep up the collective pressure on

In a shake-up of long-standing travel rules, European nationals heading to the UK will from Wednesday need a mandatory entry

The UK ‘reserves the right to respond’ to American tariffs, Keir Starmer has said after US President Donald Trump’s decision

Ireland’s trade minister said that the period of uncertainty and economic turbulence must be ‘kept to a minimum’, as he urged

Ireland’s retail sales volumes increased in February with both monthly and annual growth, provisional figures from the

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer refused to be ‘dragged’ into a row over fishing rights amid reports the UK may have to

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s director of communications is set to quit Downing Street after nine months in the job.

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[Alliance News] - The UK government should improve its response to future energy price spikes as Britons face ‘world