Economic news and events

Plans for boosting the number of electric vehicles in the UK are not working as intended, the business secretary has said on the day Vauxhall’s...

A levy on casino and betting operators’ profit will bring in £100 million to put into tackling problem gambling, the UK government has announced.

Under the...

The leaders of Ireland’s three main political parties clashed on housing, healthcare and financial management in their final televised debate before the general election.

The tetchy...

Russia said Tuesday it was expelling a British diplomat that it accused of espionage and summoned London’s ambassador to the foreign ministry in Moscow.

The FSB...

Places with the highest levels of joblessness will get extra National Health Service support as the UK government bids to ‘get Britain working again’.

Work &...

The UK government is ‘not minded to fund the North correctly’, Mary Lou McDonald claimed as she defended Sinn Fein’s record in the power-sharing Executive.

McDonald...

Shop prices continued to ease in November albeit at a slower pace than October, a survey on Tuesday showed.

According to the BRC-Nielsen Shop Price...

Polling figures indicate that the three largest parties in Ireland are almost neck and neck heading into the final days of the election, according to...

The UK has announced sanctions against 30 ships in Russia’s so-called ‘shadow fleet’ which officials say were responsible for transporting billions of pounds of oil...

The Bank of England should be ‘vigilant’ over a potential economic slowdown in the UK, according to a deputy governor.

Clare Lombardelli said some recent...