Economic news and events

The UK notched up a record government borrowing surplus in January thanks largely to self-assessed tax returns, according to official figures.

The Office for National Statistics...

The UK and Norway have started negotiations on a new defence pact aimed at combatting the threat from Russia in the Arctic.

Defence Secretary John Healey...

Irish consumer price index inflation accelerated in January, data published by the Central Statistics Office showed Thursday.

Consumer prices in Ireland were 1.9% higher on-year in...

Britain and France are spearheading attempts to create a European ‘reassurance force’ of fewer than 30,000 troops to protect Ukraine after any ceasefire deal with...

Keir Starmer backed Volodymyr Zelensky in a phone call on Wednesday after Donald Trump claimed the Ukrainian president was ‘a dictator without elections’.

In the call,...

Buying and selling shares will be settled more quickly in the UK from late 2027 as part of changes to attract more investment and compete...

Annual UK house price growth accelerated in December, but some experts said that an unexpectedly big jump in inflation figures on Wednesday could start to...

Britain will ‘play our part’ in pushing for security guarantees for Ukraine as part of any peace settlement, a minister said as Europe reels from...

UK consumer price inflation accelerated at a faster pace than expected last month, numbers on Wednesday showed.

According to the Office for National Statistics, the...

UK Defence Secretary John Healey will travel to meet his Norwegian counterpart as Europe is thrown into turmoil over the future of Ukraine and the...