Economic news and events

Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the UK and US were ‘working together’ to improve the security of people in the two countries after speaking with...

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves will meet top executives from some of Britain’s major businesses on Tuesday as they continue their quest for economic growth.

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Rachel Reeves has told Labour MPs the Government needs to go ‘further and faster’ on growth as she prepares for a major speech later this...

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has insisted any airport expansions that are inconsistent with meeting legally-binding limits on UK emissions ‘won’t go ahead’.

Miliband was repeatedly quizzed...

A persistent slowdown in activity among private sector firms could weigh on UK economic growth over the coming months, with businesses set to cut staff...

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves will set out plans under which over £60 billion could be released from blue-chip company retirement schemes, Sky News reported Sunday.

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Donald Trump has said he has a ‘very good relationship’ with Keir Starmer, adding the UK prime minister has done a ‘very good job thus...

Rachel Reeves suggested the full Cabinet must back any expansion of Heathrow Airport despite previous opposition from senior government figures, as she all but confirmed...

Rachel Reeves has said the UK is ‘absolutely happy’ to look at joining a tariff-free trading scheme with Europe after the EU left the door...

Britain needs ‘more positivity’ and should be ‘shouting from the rooftops’ about our strengths, UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said.

Reeves has been making efforts to...