Economic news and events

The cost-of-living crisis is developing into a public health crisis amid a ‘poverty epidemic’, former UK prime minister Gordon Brown is warning.

He released research suggesting...

Job vacancies in the UK have fallen for the fourth time in five months amid continued uncertainty about the economic outlook, according to new research.

Recruitment...

The UK Labour party will abandon its policy of spending £28 billion a year on environmental projects in a major U-turn following months of uncertainty...

The Bank of England took a ‘leap in the dark’ when it started to sell off government debt in 2022 and was not paying any...

Dentists are to get cash for new patients under plans to boost dentistry across England.

Around a million people who have not seen a dentist for...

UK house prices rose for the fourth consecutive month in January, according to data from Halifax on Wednesday.

The Halifax house price index rose 1.3% on...

More than £25 million in new funding has been unveiled for British scientists working on computer chips that could power advances in artificial intelligence and...

The Bank of England took a ‘leap in the dark’ when it started to sell off government debt in 2022 and was not paying any...

The sale of shares in NatWest Group PLC to everyday investors could happen as soon as June, a UK government-owned company has said.

The retail offer...

The downturn in the UK construction sector eased slightly at the start of the year, survey data showed on Tuesday, with optimism reaching its highest...