Economic news and events

Keir Starmer warned that the government’s forthcoming budget will be ‘painful’ as he asked the country to ‘accept short-term pain for long-term good’.

In a speech...

The taoiseach will hold a bilateral meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Tuesday.

The meeting at the Elysee Palace comes ahead of the...

Starmer will compare his task as prime minister to the communities that rallied round to clean up in the wake of the summer’s riots.

The prime...

UK shop prices in August entered deflation for the first time since 2021, according to figures from the British Retail Consortium on Tuesday.

The trade...

Ireland’s ‘strong public finances’ and ‘robust economic growth’ prompted credit ratings agency Scope to raise the country’s debt rating.

Scope on Friday raised Ireland’s long-term issuer...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s warning that things in Britain will get worse before they get better is a ‘refreshing change’ from the ‘snake oil’ offered...

Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey is set to signal more caution on potential future rate cuts at a speech on Friday, saying monetary policy...

Royal Mail delivered less than 80% of first class post on time in the first quarter, it said on Friday, missing its delivery targets set...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will visit German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin next week in his first bilateral trip since taking office, a German...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer told Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday he hoped they could have ‘honest’ discussions about thorny issues as they held...