Economic news and events

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...

AstraZeneca PLC has cancelled a planned £450 million investment in a vaccine manufacturing plant in Merseyside, saying Labour failed to match the previous government’s offer...

Keir Starmer will host German Chancellor Olaf Scholz over the weekend, Downing Street has confirmed.

The two leaders are due to meet on Sunday, and comes...

Ireland’s harmonised consumer price index inflation accelerated in January, preliminary data published by the Central Statistics Office showed Friday.

The harmonised CPI rose to 1.5% on-year...

UK house price growth softened at the start of the year, a tracker from mortgage lender Nationwide showed Friday.

UK house prices rose 4.1% on-year...

People selling and handling boat parts suspected of being used in migrant Channel crossings could face up to 14 years in prison in the UK...

The UK welfare budget has to be put on a ‘more sustainable course’, Liz Kendall said as she warned the country could not keep meeting...

Business groups and economists have said UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ latest plans to grow the economy are welcome, but that measures in the October budget...

Efforts to develop what could be ‘Europe’s Silicon Valley’ in a region spanning from Cambridge to Oxford have faced a significant challenge – a lack...

Heathrow Airport’s third runway can be built in the next decade, Rachel Reeves has said, as she aims to boost growth amid the UK’s gloomy...