Economic news and events

The number of UK companies going bust increased last month, official data shows, as experts warned that more businesses face a ‘perilous financial position’ as...

The UK should ‘immediately stop creating trouble’ and ‘stop anti-China political manipulations’, a spokesperson for the country’s embassy in the UK has said.

In a statement...

Thousands of military homes in the UK will be brought back into public ownership at a cost of almost £6 billion.

The Ministry of Defence will...

China on Tuesday said claims that a businessman had used his links with Britain’s Prince Andrew to spy for Beijing were ‘preposterous’, after the UK government...

The UK jobless rate remained flat in the three months to the end of October, while growth in average earnings picked up a bit.

The Office...

As Britain’s new Labour government bids to reset long-fraught ties with China amid a suspected spy scandal, another issue could mar relations: Beijing’s controversial plans...

A former Conservative business secretary and the chair of Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC will join trade unionists and business leaders to advise the government on its...

Downing Street has said devolution plans aim to give more powers to local leaders amid fears that scrapping district councils could deprive people of local...

Keir Starmer has said that the UK and Norway are ‘probably two of the best-placed countries in the world’ when it comes to carbon capture.

The...

The EU on Monday said it was taking Britain to the European Court of Justice for infringing rules on the free movement of the bloc’s...