Economic news and events

UK house prices surged to fresh record highs in May, but growth was showing signs of slowing amid inflationary pressures, according to mortgage lender Halifax...

UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak has reaffirmed his commitment to cut taxes for business later in the year as the government seeks to get back on...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to face Parliament on Wednesday for the first time since the damaging revolt by Tory MPs in Monday's confidence...

South Africa on Tuesday said it was surprised at Irish budget airline Ryanair Holdings PLC's ‘backward profiling’ of passengers, who were given a pre-travel test...

The following is a summary of top news stories Tuesday.

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COMPANIES

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Elon Musk threatened to withdraw his bid to buy Twitter, accusing the...

The UK services sector saw its weakest performance for over a year in May as rising inflation dented customer demand, according to S&P Global on...

Ted Baker on Tuesday said it was informed by its preferred bidder late Monday that it does not intend to proceed with an offer for...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to meet his Cabinet on Tuesday as he seeks to keep his premiership afloat by putting a bruising...

UK retail sales contracted last month as consumers feel the squeeze from the country's cost-of-living crisis, the latest British Retail Consortium-KPMG retail sales monitor showed...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has survived a confidence vote in his leadership of the Tory party but his authority has been dealt a significant...