Economic news and events

Rishi Sunak has ruled out renegotiating the post-Brexit trade deal with the EU after Keir Starmer vowed to seek a ‘much better’ agreement.

Downing Street said...

Keir Starmer has said he will be seeking a closer trading relationship with the EU if Labour wins the next UK election.

The Labour leader spent...

Liz Truss is set to urge the government to cut taxes, shrink welfare spending and raise the retirement age in a speech one year on...

Plans by manufacturing firms to recruit more staff have stopped amid a slowdown in orders, new research suggests.

A survey of more than 300 manufacturers showed...

The average UK new seller asking price in September was ‘lower than is usual’ for this time of the year, according to data from Rightmove...

Irish exports and imports rose annually in July, as the country exported far more to Great Britain but imported less from it, the country’s Central...

The UK government is to pump up to £500 million into Britain’s biggest steelworks as part of plans to produce ‘greener’ steel which could also...

The European Central Bank on Thursday lifted interest rates in the eurozone by 25 basis points, in a decision supported by a ‘solid majority’ of...

The European Central Bank on Thursday lifted interest rates in the eurozone by 25 basis points as inflation in the euro area is expected to...

Controversial government plans to relax environmental rules to boost housebuilding have been scuppered by peers.

The House of Lords voted by 192 to 161, majority 31,...