Economic news and events

The UK government remains ‘confident’ it can implement its trade deal with the US in time to prevent Britain’s steel industry facing even higher tariffs,...

UK service sector activity returned to stronger-than-expected growth in May, but pressures on margins from increased costs, and a long streak of falling employment numbers...

Senior police chiefs and government watchdogs have written to the UK prime minister warning they will be forced to make choices about which crimes they...

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to tear up Treasury rules as she announces billions of pounds of investment in public transport in the North...

UK industry has welcomed Donald Trump’s decision to keep tariffs at 25% on British steel and aluminium for now, but warned that ‘uncertainty remains’ over...

UK economic forecasts have been downgraded for the next two years as trade tensions linked to US President Donald Trump’s tariff plans hit the global...

Britain faces ‘water rationing like we have in the Mediterranean’ without new reservoirs, the water minister has warned.

Emma Hardy has suggested water shortages could hit...

UK Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds is set to meet US officials on Tuesday as the UK aims to set a timeline for its exemption from...

Military drones and lasers will receive a £5 billion investment as the UK government bids to put ‘the kit of the future into the hands...

The UK will move to ‘war-fighting readiness’, Keir Starmer said as questions remained about his plans to increase defence spending.

The UK prime minister said he...