Economic news and events

Rishi Sunak is facing a backlash from Tories, businesses and northern leaders over a chaotic announcement to save billions of pounds by scrapping the HS2...

Shop price inflation in the UK cooled for the fifth consecutive month in September, data showed on Tuesday.

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

The UK manufacturing sector stayed in decline last month, as companies scaled back production on lower demand, data on Monday showed.

The latest S&P Global/Chartered...

Ireland’s manufacturing sector suffered a decline in September as new orders fell at the fastest pace this year, AIB data showed on Monday.

The headline manufacturing...

UK housing market activity ‘remains weak’, mortgage lender Nationwide reported on Monday, with lofty borrowing costs still putting off would-be buyers.

House prices declined 5.3%...

The national living wage is set to increase to at least £11 an hour from next April, with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt expected to confirm the...

Britain’s ruling Conservatives opened their annual conference Sunday, with the party’s chair conceding they were ‘the underdogs’ heading into a general election expected next year...

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has insisted the UK is not a ‘laughing stock’ as he failed to announce a decision on whether HS2 will...

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is under Conservative pressure to cut taxes, with even members of his Cabinet publicly calling for pre-election giveaways.

As the Tories...

The UK Conservative government on Friday announced new plans to ‘support drivers’ and push back on ‘anti-car measures’ as some opposition-led areas move to impose...