Economic news and events

Downing Street has urged the public to carry on ‘in normal fashion’ despite mounting concerns about major disruption to the global oil market.

The International Energy...

Household energy bills could jump by £332 a year in July as recent sharp increases in wholesale prices are set to feed through into Ofgem’s...

Iran’s foreign minister has warned the UK it sees its choice to let the US use British bases as ‘participation in aggression’ in a phone...

UK public sector borrowing grew on-year last month to nearly a new record for February, numbers on Friday showed.

According to the Office for National Statistics,...

Keir Starmer is sticking to his ‘red lines’ on links with the EU, Downing Street said after the mayor of London called for Labour to...

China’s foreign minister told his British counterpart on Thursday that the two countries had a responsibility to maintain international peace and security, and renewed calls...

The Bank of England on Thursday left its key interest unmoved, in a rare unanimous decision, and it warned surging energy prices will provide a...

Ireland’s trade surplus decreased on-month in January as exports declined sharper than imports, data published by the Central Statistics Office showed Thursday.

The country’s trade surplus...

Shell PLC on Thursday said it was assessing the damage after a fire at one of its liquefied natural gas plants in Qatar.

The London-based fuel...

The UK unemployment rate was unchanged in the latest three-month period, while employment rose and wage growth slowed, according to data released by the Office...