Economic news and events

Consumer confidence improved in November amid signs shoppers are ready to put political upheaval behind them to spend again on Black Friday and Christmas.

Growth from...

Moscow’s ambassador in London said Thursday Britain was ‘now directly involved’ in Russia’s war with Ukraine, following reports Kyiv had fired UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles...

Keir Starmer has defended holding talks with China’s President Xi Jinping, telling MPs: ‘The world is safer when leaders talk.’

The UK prime minister said the...

Ukraine faces a ‘serious moment’ in its defence against the Russian invasion, Defence Secretary John Healey said as he refused to be drawn into confirming...

John Healey will face questions from MPs on Thursday amid reports of Storm Shadow missiles provided by Britain being used by Ukraine within Russia.

The Defence...

UK public sector borrowing spiked to the second-highest October level since records began, numbers on Thursday showed.

According to the Office for National Statistics, public...

The automotive industry has pledged to work with the UK government to ‘identify any adjustments necessary’ to sales quotas for electric vehicles.

Carmakers outlined the ‘negative...

UK consumer price inflation accelerated at a faster pace than expected last month, spurred on by electricity and gas prices, numbers on Wednesday showed.

According...

Russia’s ‘irresponsible rhetoric’ on nuclear weapons will not deter UK support for Ukraine, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said.

Vladimir Putin has lowered the threshold for...

Fianna Fail would be open to negotiating with a number of centre ground parties post-election, Micheal Martin insisted as he pushed back on suggestions he...