Economic news and events

Water companies could be fined up to a 10th of their turnover for poor customer service, under new powers given to the water regulator for...

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is entering what could be one of the most challenging weeks of his premiership, with potentially gloomy economic numbers, tricky...

The reduction in construction activity in Ireland decelerated in January, as employment increased and cost inflation eased to a three-month low, purchasing manager’s index survey...

Tens of thousands more homes will be built under plans to regenerate inner-city brownfield sites, Michael Gove said on Sunday.

The UK housing secretary is set...

Rishi Sunak has insisted debt is ‘on schedule’ to fall, despite a senior Treasury minister having been challenged over the same claim.

The UK prime minister...

Production in manufacturing industries rose by 32% in the three months to December, the Central Statistics Office reported Friday.

From October to December 2023, production in...

A Bank of England rate setter has said that without the downward pressure of energy, inflation will not return sustainably to the bank’s 2% target.

Catherine...

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...