Economic news and events

Painful gas and electricity bill rises in October are expected to send UK inflation surging to a fresh 40-year high in official figures on Wednesday,...

Multiple Chinese cities have cancelled routine mass Covid tests this week, days after Beijing announced limited relaxations of its strict zero-Covid policy which raised hopes...

The number of company insolvencies in England and Wales rose by 38% last month as Britain faces a cost of living crisis.

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There remain "big gaps" between the UK and the EU in the negotiations over the Northern Ireland Protocol, UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has said....

The consumer price index increased by 6.2% in France in October compared to the same month last year, while in Spain the figure was 7.3%,...

Gross domestic product increased by 0.2% in the three months to September, compared to the previous quarter, statistics published on Tuesday by Eurostat showed....

Britain's rate of unemployment edged higher in the three months to September as the country heads for what is feared will be the longest recession...

Brexit has "permanently damaged" the UK economy, former Bank of England policymaker Michael Saunders warned as London was deposed as Europe's biggest stock market.

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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said Russia is becoming a "pariah state" as he prepares to "unequivocally condemn" Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine...

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has insisted that the budget's difficult decisions will have "fairness and compassion at their heart" after the chancellor warned everyone...