Economic news and events

The UK government has temporarily been banned from concluding its negotiations on the Chagos Islands deal by an injunction granted in the early hours by...

UK government borrowing rose by more than expected to £20.2 billion last month, mounting further pressure on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to meet her fiscal rules.

The...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accepted the Boeing 747 that the Gulf emirate of Qatar offered to President Donald Trump for use as Air...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is due to sign off on the Chagos Islands deal on Thursday, handing them over to Mauritius.

The PA news agency...

Keir Starmer has said the government wants to make more pensioners eligible for winter fuel payments.

The apparent U-turn comes as the prime minister has faced...

Liz Kendall has insisted she will press ahead with measures to cut the welfare bill amid Labour pressure on UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to...

The UK government is broadly supportive of blending hydrogen into the gas network and is actively considering the matter, energy minister Michael Shanks has said.

Replacing...

A ‘record’ 81 criminal investigations into environmental breaches by water firms have been launched as the UK government attempts to show it is getting to...

UK consumer price inflation was hotter-than-expected last month, spiking to the loftiest level since the start of last year, numbers from the Office for National...

The UK Work & Pensions Secretary will stand firm on Labour’s £5 billion plans for welfare cuts on Wednesday, arguing that reform is needed to...