Economic news and events

Irish consumer price inflation slowed annually in January from a month earlier, according to the Central Statistics Office on Thursday.

The annual rate of inflation slowed...

Voters in the UK will head to the polls in two by-elections that could give an indication of the scale of the challenges facing the...

The UK’s trade deficit narrowed slightly at the end of last year, numbers on Thursday showed, as imports fell faster than exports.

According to the...

The UK economy suffered a sharper than expected decline in the final quarter of last year, entering a technical recession, according to numbers from the...

The UK prime minister has insisted the ‘economy has turned the corner’ as he convened the first meeting of his 2024 Business Council.

Rishi Sunak labelled...

UK house prices declined annually at the end of last year, the official Office for National Statistics measure showed Wednesday.

The ONS said the average...

The UK’s annual inflation rate was steady last month, defying expectations of an acceleration, numbers on Wednesday showed.

According to the Office for National Statistics,...

The UK is open to ‘ideas’ of nations seeking to join part of the Aukus trilateral defence agreement, David Cameron has suggested.

The Foreign Secretary said...

Michael Gove is set to intervene in London to push for more developments on brownfield sites in the capital, as part of a wider move...

The UK unemployment rate was lower than expected in the last three months of 2023, and growth in earnings was more robust, data showed on...