Economic news and events

Irish premier Simon Harris has formally tendered his resignation as part of the formalities for the first sitting of the new parliament.

Harris visited Aras an...

Annual growth in UK house prices and rents has accelerated, with rental price inflation in England and London hitting record highs, according to official figures.

The...

The UK has announced a fresh wave of sanctions on shadow fleet vessels carrying Russian oil and two arms of an energy company and commodity...

Rachel Reeves said trading with China was in the UK’s national interest as she promised a ‘pragmatic’ approach to relations with Beijing.

The government has come...

UK consumer inflation accelerated in line with expectations in November, although core inflation and services inflation surprised on the downside, figures on Wednesday showed.

According to...

Council tax is set to increase by almost £330 million to fund policing across England and Wales next year.

Ministers have set out a provisional 3.5%...

The number of UK companies going bust increased last month, official data shows, as experts warned that more businesses face a ‘perilous financial position’ as...

The UK should ‘immediately stop creating trouble’ and ‘stop anti-China political manipulations’, a spokesperson for the country’s embassy in the UK has said.

In a statement...

Thousands of military homes in the UK will be brought back into public ownership at a cost of almost £6 billion.

The Ministry of Defence will...

China on Tuesday said claims that a businessman had used his links with Britain’s Prince Andrew to spy for Beijing were ‘preposterous’, after the UK government...