Economic news and events

Ireland will do anything it can to help Keir Starmer’s plan to ‘reset’ the UK’s relationship with the EU, Taoiseach Micheal

China had been expected to loom large at high-level economic security talks between Britain and Japan on Friday, until US

The UK and Ireland are set to agree a new programme of enhanced co-operation at a summit in Liverpool.

Prime Minister Keir

New Zealand’s most senior envoy to the UK has lost his job over remarks he made about US President Donald Trump at an event

Starmer has sought to downplay fears of Britain being drawn into conflict with Russia over any deployment of peacekeeping

The UK government has announced a £55.7 million investment into a Scottish port to bolster the floating offshore wind

Irish premier Micheal Martin has committed to raising Ireland’s views on Ukraine and Gaza when he meets US president Donald

A Royal Navy warship has shadowed a Russian task group as it sailed through the English Channel and the North Sea.

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Ireland’s labour market continued to strengthen in February, as the unemployment rate edged lower and the number of

A cross-party committee of MPs has written to the prime minister about its ‘deep concern’ over the cut to the aid budget.

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The UK service sector recorded only marginal growth in February, as rising output masked the steepest decline in new work

There is a ‘moral case’ for cutting the welfare bill, a Cabinet minister said as Rachel Reeves seeks to slash public spending

Registrations of new cars fell by 1.0% last month, figures showed Wednesday.

Industry body the Society of Motor Manufacturers

The UK’s diplomatic push on securing peace in Ukraine will continue as the Defence secretary heads to Washington on Wednesday

Keir Starmer has welcomed Volodymyr Zelensky’s ‘steadfast commitment to securing peace’ as the Ukrainian leader said he was

Keir Starmer spoke to Donald Trump about the need to secure a lasting peace in Ukraine just hours before the White House

Keir Starmer will not be ‘blindsided or bounced’ from the pursuit of peace in Ukraine, the UK deputy prime Minister has

The US decision to suspend delivery of ammunition and other equipment to Kyiv is a ‘serious setback’ towards achieving peace

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves is to promise to cut red tape to make it easier for the government to buy military equipment.

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The potential cost of missing Ireland’s emissions targets could reach a staggering €27 billion, according to a new report.

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The UK remains ‘absolutely committed’ to peace in Ukraine and is ‘engaging with key allies’, the government has said after

UK grocery sales growth decelerated last month, with the market share of all large UK supermarket chains growing again

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has hailed the defence sector as offering ‘the next generation of good, secure, well-paid jobs

The UK has downplayed French proposals for a one-month truce in Ukraine as a minister warned a temporary pause in the

UK mortgage approvals decreased slightly at the start of the year, but came in higher than expected, numbers from the Bank of