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TOP NEWS: UK grocery price inflation cools; sales lifted by promotions

UK grocery price inflation cooled to a seventh-month low of 11% in the four weeks to October 1 as prices of staple foods dropped, according...

Tue, 10/10/2023 - 08:44


Irish government set to unveil budget to tackle cost-of-living crisis

Measures to help households tackle the cost-of-living crisis are to be revealed as part of the Irish government’s budget today.

The budget will be delivered by...

Tue, 10/10/2023 - 06:11


Germany, France, US, Britain and Italy issue Israel solidarity pledge

Germany, the US, Britain, France and Italy issued a joint statement on Monday assuring their solidarity with Israel, following terrorist attacks by the Islamist Palestinian...

Tue, 10/10/2023 - 06:01


UK’s Keir Starmer eyes decade in power to ’get Britain building’

Keir Starmer will say the tide is turning towards Labour as he sets his sights on at least two terms in power to rescue a...

Tue, 10/10/2023 - 05:48


UK retail sales growth slows in September amid cost of living woe

UK retail sales increased last month, data on Tuesday showed, though purchases of big-ticket items fell, as consumers continue to grapple with cost of living...

Tue, 10/10/2023 - 05:02


Irish budget to ‘protect for future’ as final preparations under way

Ireland’s Tanaiste Micheal Martin has said budget 2024 ‘will provide supports to people’ to help them deal with inflation, as well as ‘consolidate and improve’...

Mon, 09/10/2023 - 19:32


Irish industrial production and turnover fall annually in August

Industrial production and turnover in Ireland fell year-on-year August, the Central Statistics Office said Monday.

The production index for August stood at 114.6, down from 160.0...

Mon, 09/10/2023 - 12:42


Labour may borrow to invest in UK but will observe ‘iron discipline’

A Labour government of the UK would be prepared to borrow to invest, Rachel Reeves will say on Monday, but only within her fiscal rules...

Mon, 09/10/2023 - 11:17


Taskforce unveils UK ‘gold standard’ guidelines for companies

A Treasury taskforce has revealed its ‘gold standard’ guidelines for companies to report their plans to tackle climate change.

The Transition Plan Taskforce, which includes members...

Mon, 09/10/2023 - 10:11


Rishi Sunak says he hopes tensions de-escalate between Canada, India

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said he hopes tensions between Canada and India will de-escalate after a diplomatic row over the killing of a Sikh...

Sat, 07/10/2023 - 09:41


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