Economic news and events

The UK’s last remaining coal-fired power station will shut down on Monday, drawing to a close Britain’s 142-year reliance on the fossil fuel to produce...

Ireland’s retail sales volume in August while consumer price inflation may have reached a three-year low, data published by the Central Statistics Office showed on...

September has seen the fastest UK annual house price growth in around two years, according to an index.

UK house prices increased by 0.7% in September,...

The number of mortgage approvals made to home buyers jumped to a two-year high in August, according to Bank of England figures.

Some 64,900 loans for...

Voters will have to accept new pylons if they want lower energy bills as burying cables underground is too expensive, the prime minister has said.

Keir...

Competition for jobs in the UK is at a three-year high with more than two jobseekers for every vacancy, according to new research.

The increase follows...

UK’s economic growth was weaker than initially anticipated, data published by the Office for National Statistics showed Monday.

UK’s gross domestic product expanded by 0.5%...

Conservative leadership candidates have laid out their plans on immigration ahead of the party conference where they will be vying to replace Rishi Sunak as...

Securing a closer trading relationship with the EU will not be easy but it is possible, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said.

The prime minister will...

House sales in the UK were 5% higher in August than in the same month the previous year, according to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)...