Economic news and events

The UK government said Monday it would issue ‘hundreds’ of new oil and gas licences in the North Sea to secure energy reserves while still...

Net mortgage approvals and approvals for remortgaging in the UK increased in June, according to the Bank of England on Monday.

Net mortgage borrowing by...

The ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 remains government policy, the UK prime minister has said.

Rishi Sunak had been...

Government backing for new oil and gas licences in the North Sea could be confirmed by Rishi Sunak during a visit to Scotland.

The prime minister...

A new consumer duty has come into force, setting a higher bar for financial firms and giving customers more certainty that the product they are...

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has backed plans for new fossil fuel drilling off Britain’s coast, saying in a Sunday newspaper interview he would be...

Nigel Farage will continue to campaign on behalf of people whose bank accounts have been shut – with a new website launched to tackle de-banking...

Nobel Prize-winner Ben Bernanke will lead a review into how the UK central bank forecasts the economy, the Bank of England has said.

The US economist,...

The number of firms falling into insolvency in England and Wales surged to the highest level for 14 years in the past quarter, according to...

UK house sales fell by 15% in June compared with the same month a year earlier, according to HM Revenue & Customs figures.

An estimated 85,870...