Economic news and events

The number of those in work in Ireland increased at the start of the year, according to the Central Statistics Office’s labour force survey on...

UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt appeared to rule out tax cuts in the near future as he stressed the need to tackle inflation.

His comments came as...

UK house prices increased at a slower rate than previous months in March, according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics.

The ONS said...

Former UK prime minister Boris Johnson has been referred to the police by the Cabinet Office over further potential rule breaches during the pandemic.

Information has...

Ukraine will receive western support for ‘years to come’, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said as he warned Vladimir Putin that his strategy of waiting...

The Bank of England has admitted it made errors in its forecasting of UK inflation, and said it has some ‘very big’ lessons to learn...

The UK is seeing a ‘tale of two economies’, survey results from S&P Global showed on Tuesday, as the service sector grows while manufacturing contracts.

The...

UK government borrowing swelled to £25.6 billion last month amid the cost of energy support schemes, higher benefit payments and rising debt interest, according to...

UK grocery price inflation eased for the second month in a row, but remained at its third-highest rate since 2008, numbers from Kantar showed on...

Sinn Fein has emerged as the largest party in local government in Northern Ireland for the first time after making large gains in the council...