Economic news and events

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has bowed to pressure from Tory backbenchers to allow new onshore wind farms by committing to consult on how local...

Rail union chief Mick Lynch has been urged by ministers not to ‘hold the country to ransom’ with strikes ahead of Christmas as he blamed...

Stephen Flynn has been elected as the new leader of the SNP at Westminster, replacing the outgoing Ian Blackford.

The Aberdeen South MP defeated Alison...

(Correcting end of recent four-week period for price inflation to November 27.)

The rate of grocery price inflation in the UK has slowed for the...

The rate of grocery price inflation in the UK has slowed for the first time in nearly two years, the latest market survey from Kantar...

UK retail sales growth picked up last month, figures on Tuesday showed, as the festive shopping season kicked off.

However, sales remained below the...

Network Rail workers are to stage an extra strike in the long-running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions in the UK.

Members of the Rail,...

Companies will know about the future of the support they will get on their energy bills by the end of the year as many worry...

Gordon Brown, the last UK Labour prime minister, said he believes there is more momentum behind the party than in the run up to Tony...

Gordon Brown, the last UK Labour prime minister, said he believes there is more momentum behind the party than in the run up to Tony...