Economic news and events

Rising house prices in March show that sellers may be overconfident, with buyer demand putting upward pressure on prices, according to new data from the...

Senior Tories have sought to downplay reports that some Conservative MPs are plotting to replace Rishi Sunak as UK prime minister with Penny Mordaunt before...

Artificial intelligence could save the taxpayer billions and transform public services, but the UK government lacks a coherent plan to adopt it in the public...

More than 2,000 UK firms went bust last month, nearly a fifth more than the same time last year, according to new figures which shed...

The relationship between Ireland and the US could not be stronger, the Irish premier has said.

On the eve of a bilateral meeting with US President...

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has ruled out holding a general election on May 2, when voters are set to go to the polls for...

Consumer price inflation cooled in Ireland last month, according to figures on Thursday.

The Central Statistics Office reported that consumer prices rose by 3.4% in February...

A ‘solid rise’ in sellers putting their homes on the market was seen in February, with the strongest upswing recorded since autumn 2020, according to...

Online grocery prices in the UK were 1.2% cheaper in February compared with a year earlier, the first such fall since October 2021, figures show.

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The UK’s defence secretary has called for military spending to be increased to 3% of gross domestic product in a debate about the funding of...