Economic news and events

It is not realistic or right for UK firms to distance themselves from China amid a need for stronger global trade, according to the head...

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has announced a £55 million package of support aimed at bolstering Ukraine’s resilience, during a visit to Kyiv amid uncertainty...

Improving the UK-EU trade deal could kick-start ailing economies across the Continent, Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds has said.

Thomas-Symonds, the minister responsible for leading Prime...

Keir Starmer will host his Danish counterpart for a working dinner in Downing Street on Tuesday evening.

The UK prime minister and Denmark’s premier Mette Frederiksen...

UK Development minister Anneliese Dodds has hailed efforts from UK investors to boost growth and address the climate crisis in the Global South.

Speaking at the...

The UK’s trading relationship with the US is ‘fair and balanced’, Downing Street insisted after Donald Trump said that the UK was ‘out of line’.

The...

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas called for closer ties with the UK in an address to EU ambassadors in Brussels on Monday, stressing cooperation...

The UK manufacturing economy remained in decline in January, numbers on Monday showed, while post-budget worries hurt new business.

It was the fourth successive fall...

US President Donald Trump indicated Sunday that he would not immediately impose tariffs on Britain, as he suggested that the EU could be line for...

Keir Starmer’s meeting with EU chiefs threatens to be overshadowed by the threat of an international trade war as countries hit by Donald Trump’s tariffs...