Economic news and events

House sales in the UK recorded their first ‘significant’ decrease in January since last summer, according to HM Revenue & Customs.

Across the UK, 94,680 home...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under intense pressure to shift Labour to the left after the Green Party secured a historic by-election victory in...

The Green Party has won its first ever parliamentary by-election in Gorton & Denton, dealing a bitter blow to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Labour’s defeat,...

Gibraltar will remain British, but people will be able to travel freely across the land border with Spain, according to a post-Brexit agreement on the...

This month is on track to see the highest number of UK homes being freshly listed for sale in February for a decade, according to...

Online discussion platform Reddit has been fined more than £14 million after the UK data watchdog said it had failed to protect children’s personal information.

The...

A record 302 million passengers travelled through UK airports last year, new figures show.

This was a 2.4% increase from 295 million passengers in 2024.

The destinations...

UK Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy is to push for more use of artificial intelligence to cut court backlogs.

The Justice Secretary will give a speech...

US tariffs are ‘here to stay’ and could lead to shockwaves across the economy for ‘many years’, a Bank of England policymaker has warned.

Alan Taylor,...

‘Nothing is off the table’ in the UK’s response to US President Donald Trump’s threats that he will impose 15% global tariffs, Downing Street has...