Economic news and events

Fierce competition for UK rented properties is squeezing prices higher in a ‘frenzied’ lettings market, while housing sales remain downbeat, research by surveyors has found.

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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said the relationship between the UK and the US is in ‘great shape’, after meeting with US President...

Environmental campaigners have been blocked from bringing a legal challenge to a UK government approval for a new coal mine in northwest England, they said...

US President Joe Biden expressed hopes of a return to powersharing in Northern Ireland as he insisted stable devolved government could deliver an economic windfall...

US President Joe Biden has said he will use his visit to the island of Ireland to ‘keep the peace’, as he left the US...

Government plans to deal with the legacy of the Troubles in Northern Ireland should be on the agenda when Rishi Sunak meets Joe Biden, Amnesty...

The International Monetary Fund has upgraded its forecast for the UK economy this year and next, but still expects it to grow slower than other...

More than 150 pubs have disappeared for good from English and Welsh communities over the first three months of 2023, according to new figures.

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UK inflation is still rising rapidly, but has fallen to its lowest point for a year, a poll of polls by accountancy firm BDO has...

Britons cut back on groceries and eating out in March but fuelled a resurgence in digital subscriptions to catch new seasons of popular TV programmes,...