Economic news and events

The new Labour government in the UK has shelved £1.3 billion of ‘unfunded’ investment for UK tech and AI projects promised by the previous Conservative...

Footfall declined for the 12th month in a row as fewer customers visited UK shopping centres in a pre-election lull, figures on Friday showed.

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Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey fell short of saying Thursday’s rate cut is a ‘one and done’ event but did not rule out Threadneedle...

The Bank of England on Thursday touted progress in tackling inflation, as it enacted a quarter-point cut to interest rates - a first since the...

Family doctors across England are to stage unprecedented industrial action amid a row over the new contract for GP services in England.

More than 8,500 GPs...

UK house prices picked up in July, numbers from mortgage lender Nationwide showed Thursday, but remain around 3% off record highs.

House prices rose 0.3%...

The UK manufacturing sector strengthened in July, a survey revealed on Thursday, but rampant inflation is a ‘blot on the copybook’.

The S&P Global UK manufacturing...

Manufacturing activity edged up to mild growth in July, data published by S&P Global showed Thursday.

The headline AIB Ireland manufacturing purchasing managers’ index posted 50.1...

The UK government is increasing the budget to support the next wave of renewable energy schemes to a record £1.5 billion, it has announced.

Labour has...

Taxes will likely be raised in the budget later this year, new UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said.

The chancellor said Labour would stick to its...