Economic news and events

UK Foreign Minister David Cameron on Wednesday met with Arab and Islamic counterparts to discuss how to secure the release of remaining hostages held by...

UK government departments are set to face a major spending squeeze in the coming years, with pressure to cut budgets likely to bite after the...

UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt on Wednesday set out a fiscal policy statement which features ‘110 growth measures’, set alongside a mixed set of forecasts for...

UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt on Wednesday announced he is mulling a NatWest Group PLC retail share offer over the next year, as the government looks...

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt has promised a package of measures to boost growth and cut taxes in a highly political autumn statement.

Hunt’s...

Black Friday is ‘as busy as ever’ and Amazon.com Inc is seeing no sign of a decline in its popularity, the boss of one its...

Cuts to national insurance for 28 million people will reportedly be at the heart of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement on Wednesday.

His deputy Laura Trott...

The president of South Korea has said his country will work with the UK to ‘bolster the political and economic security’ in the Indo-Pacific during...

The national living wage in the UK will rise to £11.44 in April next year, the Treasury has announced.

The rate is currently £10.42 for workers...

The Bank of England’s governor has suggested the threat of UK inflation is being underestimated, as he stressed that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak declaring victory...