Economic news and events

Activity in the Irish construction sector neared stabilisation in May, as new orders continued to grow, according to purchasing managers’ index survey data on Monday....

Rishi Sunak will tell technology leaders he wants to make the UK both the intellectual and the geographical home of artificial intelligence regulation.

In a speech...

Optimism among UK manufacturers has dipped to its lowest level in more than two years as they grapple with high costs and material shortages, according...

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been urged to call a snap general election after three quick-fire MP resignations left him facing by-election battles on...

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces a third by-election test after a close ally of Boris Johnson resigned from the Commons with ‘immediate effect’.

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Britain’s former prime minister Boris Johnson on Friday said he was quitting as a member of parliament, claiming he had been forced out in a...

The UK government has announced it will remove the windfall tax on oil and gas companies should the price of the commodities continue to fall.

Ministers...

The UK high street has recorded negative sales for the first time in more than two years as the cost of living bites, according to...

US President Joe Biden on Thursday voiced support for British-led efforts to regulate artificial intelligence at a summit later this year.

‘We’re looking to Great Britain...

The US and Britain on Thursday announced a new strategic pact as their leaders rededicated the ‘special relationship’ to counter Russia, China and economic instability.

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