Economic news and events

Plans to ban smoking outside pubs are reportedly being dropped after opposition from the hospitality industry.

Proposals leaked earlier this year suggested the government would ban...

Consumer confidence in the UK has fallen again amid further worsening sentiment around the upcoming autumn budget, according to a long-running survey.

GfK’s consumer confidence index...

The cost of government borrowing increased on Thursday following speculation Rachel Reeves could change debt rules to spend billions more on investments.

The chancellor is widely...

UK private sector growth slowed to a near one-year low in October, a preliminary reading said Thursday, due to ‘heightened economic uncertainty’.

The flash UK...

Rachel Reeves has promised her first budget will be an economic ‘reset’ for the UK.

The chancellor said her statement on October 30 will invest in...

Keir Starmer is unlikely to meet with Kamala Harris, the Democratic candidate for the US presidency, before Americans go to the polls.

The UK prime minister...

Northern Ireland needs a long-term funding agreement from the UK government to fix its public services which are in crisis, MPs have warned.

The House of...

Angela Rayner sidestepped questions over the prospect of Budget tax rises hitting working people, as she took part in a ‘battle of the gingers’ at...

The UK and Germany have signed a defence pact with the aim of closer co-operation in the face of a growing threat from Russia.

Under the...

An independent review into the water industry in the UK could consider abolishing regulator Ofwat among other measures to reform the sector, after a public...