Economic news and events

Tata’s decision to close blast furnaces at its biggest UK plant, with the loss of up to 2,800 jobs, is a ‘massive kick for the...

The average homeowner in England and Wales who sold up last year made around £100,000 more than the amount they had originally paid for their...

Rishi Sunak is bracing for a battle with the House of Lords over his controversial Rwanda deportation plan.

The first test will come on Monday with...

Jeremy Hunt has compared himself to tax-cutting former chancellor Nigel Lawson as he and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak dangled the prospect of further giveaways...

The Labour party in the UK has denied it is dropping its pledge to invest £28 billion a year in green projects.

It came after a...

The US Federal Reserve’s fight against inflation is far from over and it is ‘premature’ to expect rate cuts around the corner, a senior US...

The US military carried out another round of strikes against Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Friday, targeting missile launchers that were preparing for attacks on shipping...

UK retail sales figures for the final month of 2023 came in much weaker than expected, official data on Friday showed.

According to the Office...

Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed another attack on a US ship early Friday, after the US launched fresh strikes on rebel targets over their aggression towards...

UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has dropped further hints about a tax-cutting budget as the Tories gear up for the general election.

The chancellor said ‘the direction...