Economic news and events

The UK government’s plans to abolish the special non-dom tax status leave open a loophole worth more than £400 million, the opposition Labour party has...

Sadiq Khan has pledged to create more than 150,000 high-quality jobs by 2028 if he is re-elected as London mayor.

The Labour mayor will set out...

UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron wants to encourage Nato allies to ‘step up and spend more on defence’ in the face of Russian aggression.

As the...

Ireland’s rate of consumer price inflation abated last month, according to a flash estimate from the Central Statistics Office on Tuesday.

The annual harmonised rate of...

The UK has signed an agreement with the US that will see the two countries’ AI Safety Institutes work together to test emerging AI models.

The...

The UK manufacturing sector crossed the no-change mark into growth territory in March, according to the latest numbers from S&P Global.

Separate data, meanwhile, showed UK...

UK house prices were lower on-month in March, according to figures from Nationwide on Tuesday, while an annual price rise undershot expectations.

The Nationwide house price...

Ireland’s manufacturing sector fell back into contraction territory in March, according to survey data on Tuesday.

The AIB purchasing managers’ index fell to 49.6 in...

UK shop price inflation ebbed to a more than three-year low in March, numbers on Tuesday showed.

According to the latest British Retail Consortium-NielsenIQ shop...

Rishi Sunak’s Tories could be reduced to fewer than 100 MPs at the UK general election, a new poll has suggested.

The 15,000-person poll was used...