Economic news and events

The UK’s oil and gas regulator has awarded 24 new exploration licences to 17 separate companies in a move that has been welcomed by a...

The UK manufacturing sector entered the new year still on a downward path, survey results showed on Thursday.

The seasonally adjusted S&P Global UK manufacturing...

The UK chancellor has insisted he wants to ‘lighten the tax burden’ as he looks to temper expectations about the size of cuts coming in...

The AIB Ireland Composite PMI Index rose in January from December, amid a rise in output, export orders and employment, S&P Global said on Thursday.

The...

Irish annual harmonised consumer price inflation slowed in January, according to a flash estimate, the Central Statistics Office reported on Wednesday.

On a harmonised basis, allowing...

The UK government is due to publish the details of its deal with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) which sets the stage for the return...

The UK could send an aircraft carrier to the Red Sea as the threat from Iran-backed Houthi rebels continues, the armed forces minister has indicated.

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Jeremy Hunt is understood to have warned the Cabinet that opportunities for tax cuts in the Budget are likely to be smaller than they were...

UK house prices edged higher in January, according to figures from Nationwide on Wednesday.

The Nationwide house price index showed a 0.7% increase in seasonally-adjusted...

UK ministers have sought to play down concerns as new post-Brexit checks on food and drink imports come into force.

The long-delayed new rules are part...