Economic news and events

Germany and Britain pledged Wednesday to cooperate more closely on defence and security issues as part of the new Labour government’s post-Brexit ‘reset’ in relations...

The UK private sector picked up speed this month, as new business growth surged to a 15-month-high, numbers on Wednesday showed.

The latest S&P Global...

The UK government has not stepped in to offer financial support to troubled Belfast shipbuilder Harland & Wolff Group Holdings PLC due to the risk...

Ireland’s wholesale prices rose at a faster pace in June, according to official data on Monday.

The Central Statistics Office said wholesale price inflation sped up...

NHS England has warned of ‘delays’ as services recover from Friday’s global IT outage.

Nonetheless, the health service said patients ‘should continue to attend [appointments] unless...

Whitehall crisis officials in the UK are co-ordinating the response to the major IT outage hitting airlines, train companies and banks.

The Cobra system that deals...

UK public sector borrowing came in higher than expected in June, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics on Friday.

Borrowing was £14.5 billion...

UK retail sales declined more than expected last month, official numbers on Friday showed.

According to the Office for National Statistics, UK retail sales volumes...

Keir Starmer ended his first week as UK prime pinister as popular as Boris Johnson was at the height of the vaccine rollout, a poll...

European leaders can have a ‘renewed confidence’ in their relationships with the UK, Keir Starmer said, as he sought to build bridges after years of...