Economic news and events

The budget will embrace the ‘harsh light of fiscal reality’ but ‘better days are ahead’, Keir Starmer will say in a speech ahead of one...

A UK government minister said she ‘can’t speculate on this budget or budgets to come’ when pressed on Sky News on Sunday about whether a...

Keir Starmer has denied misleading the public at the general election over tax plans for the UK budget after he indicated that people who make...

The chancellor will cut back right to buy discounts as part of next week’s UK budget to boost council housing supply.

Rachel Reeves will announce plans...

UK Companies which import key minerals used in laptops, phones and electric cars will be given greater financial support at the budget, in an effort...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer does not think all owners of stocks and shares fall outside his definition of ‘working people’, Downing Street has signalled.

The...

Plans to ban smoking outside pubs are reportedly being dropped after opposition from the hospitality industry.

Proposals leaked earlier this year suggested the government would ban...

Consumer confidence in the UK has fallen again amid further worsening sentiment around the upcoming autumn budget, according to a long-running survey.

GfK’s consumer confidence index...

The cost of government borrowing increased on Thursday following speculation Rachel Reeves could change debt rules to spend billions more on investments.

The chancellor is widely...

UK private sector growth slowed to a near one-year low in October, a preliminary reading said Thursday, due to ‘heightened economic uncertainty’.

The flash UK...