Economic news and events

Jeremy Hunt will still be chancellor at the time of the general election expected later this year, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said.

The prime...

The most severe of the wind warnings have lapsed on Monday after Storm Isha brought strong winds that disrupted airlines and hit power supplies across...

The number of UK businesses on the brink of collapse jumped by more than a quarter at the end of 2023 as fears grow over...

Tata’s decision to close blast furnaces at its biggest UK plant, with the loss of up to 2,800 jobs, is a ‘massive kick for the...

The average homeowner in England and Wales who sold up last year made around £100,000 more than the amount they had originally paid for their...

Rishi Sunak is bracing for a battle with the House of Lords over his controversial Rwanda deportation plan.

The first test will come on Monday with...

Jeremy Hunt has compared himself to tax-cutting former chancellor Nigel Lawson as he and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak dangled the prospect of further giveaways...

The Labour party in the UK has denied it is dropping its pledge to invest £28 billion a year in green projects.

It came after a...

The US Federal Reserve’s fight against inflation is far from over and it is ‘premature’ to expect rate cuts around the corner, a senior US...

The US military carried out another round of strikes against Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Friday, targeting missile launchers that were preparing for attacks on shipping...