Economic news and events

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has spoken to Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky as his country’s power grid faces bombardment by Russian forces.

Zelensky characterised the latest...

Flagship UK government plans to renationalise rail passenger services have become law.

The granting of royal assent to the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) bill was...

The pace of harmonised consumer price inflation in Ireland sped up in November, data published by the Central Statistics Office showed Thursday.

The harmonised index of...

The number of cars produced in Britain has fallen for the eighth consecutive month, new figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders, SMMT,...

Consumer confidence was little moved in November as consumers weighed the autumn budget and looked ahead to Christmas, a report on Thursday showed.

According to BRC-Opinium...

UK Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds is set to confirm the government will consult on easing rules related to the phasing-out of new petrol and diesel...

Plans for boosting the number of electric vehicles in the UK are not working as intended, the business secretary has said on the day Vauxhall’s...

A levy on casino and betting operators’ profit will bring in £100 million to put into tackling problem gambling, the UK government has announced.

Under the...

The leaders of Ireland’s three main political parties clashed on housing, healthcare and financial management in their final televised debate before the general election.

The tetchy...

Russia said Tuesday it was expelling a British diplomat that it accused of espionage and summoned London’s ambassador to the foreign ministry in Moscow.

The FSB...