Economic news and events

Keir Starmer will attempt to seize a ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity to reset our relationship with Europe’ during two days of meetings in Berlin and Paris.

The UK...

Keir Starmer says the UK has a ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity to reset our relationship with Europe’ as he heads for two days of meetings in Berlin...

UK ports will receive £10.5 million of new government funding to prepare for enhanced EU (EU) border checks, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced.

The...

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...

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...