Economic news and events

[Alliance News] - Britain will sign a deal with Serbia aimed at speeding up intelligence-sharing to disrupt people-smuggling, after Channel crossings reached a record high...

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves will both face questions from MPs on Wednesday as Donald Trump prepares to announce major new tariffs that could derail...

RAF fighter jets will patrol Polish airspace on Nato’s eastern flank, the Ministry of Defence, MoD, has said.

The department said British-built Typhoon jets had arrived...

Donald Trump’s tariffs will have an impact on the UK economy, Chancellor Rachel Reeves told Cabinet ministers, as the world braced for the US president’s...

Angela Rayner insisted a rise to the UK national living wage coming into effect on Tuesday will give workers ‘more money in their pockets’ as...

UK grocery sales picked up as supermarkets were mindful of inflationary pressures on shoppers, with promotions playing a large role in spending activity, numbers from...

UK house prices grew at the same annual rate in March as in February, figures from mortgage lender Nationwide showed on Tuesday.

House prices advanced...

The deposit protection limit for savers if their bank or building society fails could be raised by £25,000 later this year, under proposals being consulted...

The Irish minister for Housing has refused to set out the government’s social housing targets for the year ahead, saying he did not want to...

US tariffs could harm the entire world’s economy, Yvette Cooper has said.

The UK Home secretary reiterated the prime minister’s message that ‘no option is off...