Economic news and events

[Alliance News] - The UK government should improve its response to future energy price spikes as Britons face ‘world-beatingly high’ bills, Parliament’s spending watchdog said.

Electricity...

UK retail sales outperformed the market consensus for February, numbers from the Office for National Statistics showed on Friday.

Retail sales volumes rose by 1.0% in...

UK media company Sky Group Ltd has said around 2,000 jobs are at risk as part of an overhaul of its call centres.

The company, which...

There must be no easing of sanctions on Russia until the war in Ukraine ends, Keir Starmer has said following a meeting of the ‘coalition...

The UK’s territorial greenhouse gas emissions fell by 3.5% last year compared to 2023, provisional government figures have shown.

The Energy Department, DESNZ, said climate-warming emissions...

The UK Trade secretary has declined to rule out changing taxes on major tech firms in exchange for exemptions from US tariffs, but insisted they...

Unions on Thursday called upon the UK government to help secure the future of British Steel, after the company announced it is consulting on closing...

Storm overflows spilled sewage into England’s rivers, lakes and coasts for new highs of more than 3.61 million hours in 2024, Environment Agency figures have...

Rachel Reeves said she is ‘absolutely certain’ her welfare reforms will not push people into poverty, appearing to reject official warnings about their impact.

The UK...

Proposals by the UK government to create a ‘smoke-free generation’ by gradually raising the age at which tobacco products can be bought have cleared the...