Economic news and events

The UK unemployment rate edged lower in the three months to August, but wage growth abated, numbers on Tuesday showed.

According to the Office for...

Councils will receive £68 million to help build thousands of homes on disused brownfield sites, the UK government has announced.

The money, spread around 54 local...

The UK government said impact investing will help to tackle the housing crisis as it announced private sector commitments to put hundreds of millions into...

Rachel Reeves warned her budget on October 30 would be ‘tough’ as she gave the clearest signal yet that businesses will face a hike in...

British households’ expectations for their finances over the year ahead have become gloomier, according to an index.

The score on this measure deteriorated to 95.2 in...

Retail and hospitality firms in the UK could face a £2.66 billion a year rise in business rates in April, experts have warned.

Shops, pubs and...

Details of a £1.1 billion investment programme to improve and expand Stansted airport’s terminal building have been announced.

Manchester Airports Group (MAG), which owns the Essex...

Scope Ratings on Friday maintained the outlook on its credit rating for the UK, citing the positive impact of the country’s strong institutions and ‘robust’...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said it is ‘time to upgrade the regulatory regime’ as he pledged to ‘rip up’ bureaucracy.

He said the government...

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has arrived in Luxembourg to discuss security issues with his EU counterparts as the government continues its attempt to ‘reset’...