Economic news and events

Downing Street has defended Rachel Reeves’ record of being ‘straight with the public’ amid claims the UK chancellor has embellished her CV.

Newspapers over the weekend...

Chinese President Xi Jinping told British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday that the countries have significant potential for working together, Beijing’s state media said,...

Keir Starmer will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Brazil, Downing Street has confirmed.

He will be the first British prime minister...

Ireland’s trade surplus extended in September, data published by the Central Statistics Office showed on Friday.

Its trade surplus more than doubled in September to...

UK jets were scrambled to monitor a Russian reconnaissance aircraft flying close to UK airspace, the defence minister in London said on Friday.

Two Typhoons from...

(Clarifies that the quarterly GDP decline underperformed against the consensus.)

UK gross domestic product is estimated to have increased in the latest quarter but edged down...

UK gross domestic product is estimated to have increased in the latest quarter but edged down for September, data from the Office for National Statistics...

The governor of the Bank of England said the UK must ‘welcome opportunities to rebuild relations’ following Brexit, as he backed the chancellor’s plans to...

The Labour government plans reforms to its financial sector in a bid to grow its economy, including an announcement Thursday that will allow greater risk-taking.

Finance...

Council tax rises in England will help ensure local authorities are funded next year, a minister has said as he rejected Tory claims of a...