Economic news and events

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said ‘we’re only just getting started’ as he set out his vision for ‘national renewal’.

In his first Labour Party conference speech...

Employer concerns about the Government’s workers’ rights package have been ‘addressed and understood’, Rachel Reeves said as she sought to reassure businesses about the legislation.

The...

Britain’s governing Labour party sought Monday to strike a more upbeat note about the country’s economic future against a backlash at proposed cuts to welfare...

Rachel Reeves has said Labour is ‘not a party of protest’ as her keynote conference speech was disrupted by hecklers.

In her first conference speech as...

Rachel Reeves will insist that ‘tough decisions’ on the public finances are needed to prevent economic ruin but she will attempt to persuade her critics...

Fuel prices are falling faster than at any other point in 2024 so far, new figures show.

Average prices for petrol and diesel across UK forecourts...

The UK private sector economy remained in growth territory this month, though progress slowed across the board, numbers on Monday showed.

The flash UK composite...

The number of companies that became insolvent in August was 15% lower than during the same period last year, according to official data.

In England and...

A policymaker at the Bank of England has said interest rates need to stay higher for longer in order to ‘purge’ the risks to UK...

The UK government’s debt has reached the size of the country’s total annual output, data showed Friday, as the new Labour government warns of tough...