Economic news and events

The UK ‘won’t stand by’ while international shipping is under attack, the government vowed as Iran-backed Houthi rebels said they would continue targeting vessels –...

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday insisted Britain was ‘pointing in the right direction’ despite an unexpected increase in inflation at the end of...

Default rates on mortgages and credit cards increased in the run-up to Christmas, according to a Bank of England survey of lenders.

Banks and building societies...

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak survived a key test of his leadership Wednesday, fending off right-wing rebels to win a crunch parliamentary vote on his...

American forces targeted 14 missiles that were ready to launch in Yemen, the US military said Wednesday, after Washington re-designated the Iran-backed Houthi rebels as...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will tell political and business leaders at the World Economic Forum that the UK is ‘on the up and open for business’.

Hunt’s...

China’s second-most powerful man has told Ireland’s president that Chinese-Irish relations are a ‘good example of mutually beneficial co-operation’ between two countries.

Li Qiang, the premier...

The UK economy is expected to have increased by 0.4% in 2023, with that pace is expected to be replicated in 2024, according to an...

UK house prices fell at a steeper pace on an annual basis in November, according to Office for the National Statistics on Wednesday.

Average UK house...

UK consumer prices unexpectedly heated up in December, according to data from the Office for National Statistics on Wednesday.

The ONS said the consumer price index...