Economic news and events

The average UK new seller asking price in September was ‘lower than is usual’ for this time of the year, according to data from Rightmove...

Irish exports and imports rose annually in July, as the country exported far more to Great Britain but imported less from it, the country’s Central...

The UK government is to pump up to £500 million into Britain’s biggest steelworks as part of plans to produce ‘greener’ steel which could also...

The European Central Bank on Thursday lifted interest rates in the eurozone by 25 basis points, in a decision supported by a ‘solid majority’ of...

The European Central Bank on Thursday lifted interest rates in the eurozone by 25 basis points as inflation in the euro area is expected to...

Controversial government plans to relax environmental rules to boost housebuilding have been scuppered by peers.

The House of Lords voted by 192 to 161, majority 31,...

The UK economy contracted by more than expected in July, according to the Office of National Statistics on Wednesday.

Monthly gross domestic product contracted by 0.5%...

Long-term sickness – with people out of the labour market – has become a ‘serious fiscal threat’ to the UK and action is needed to...

Incoming Bank of England deputy governor Sarah Breeden said that price rises are more likely to overshoot than undershoot forecasts but that she expects the...

Annual grocery price inflation in the UK decelerated to 12.2% in the four weeks that ended September 3, from 12.7% a month before, according to...