Economic news and events

The percentage of UK online gamblers seeking support for problems related to slot machines has almost doubled in the past five years, new figures show.

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Rishi Sunak has refused to guarantee that HS2 will ever connect Manchester and central London, saying he would not ‘speculate’ on the future of the...

Landlords in the UK welcomed not having to spend ‘substantial sums of money’ on energy efficiency improvements to homes after Rishi Sunak axed plans to...

Rishi Sunak insisted he was acting to avoid a public ‘backlash’ by watering down efforts to tackle the climate crisis in an announcement that is...

Rishi Sunak is poised to announce the watering down of climate change commitments despite a backlash from industry and the prospect of a damaging rift...

The King and Queen of the UK arrived in France to a guard of honour as they began their three-day state visit to the country.

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UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has welcomed a surprise fall in inflation but warned it will not mean a pre-election ‘borrowing binge’, in a blow to...

Yearly growth in UK house prices slowed in July, according to government data on Wednesday.

The Office for National Statistics said, on an annual basis, average...

The UK headline inflation unexpectedly cooled last month, as stubborn core price pressure finally eased, figures from the Office for National Statistics showed on Wednesday.

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Jeremy Hunt will meet with technology and creative firms on the west coast of the US as part of efforts to make Britain the ‘next...