Economic news and events

Wholesale price inflation in Ireland mostly stabilised in February, according to the Central Statics Office on Wednesday.

Wholesale price inflation eased slightly to 3.6% in...

UK house price inflation eased in January, defying market expectations, figures from the Office for National Statistics showed on Wednesday.

Average house prices in the...

Inflation in the UK came in hotter-than-expected in February, figures from the Office for National Statistics showed on Wednesday.

The consumer price index rose by...

The cost of some everyday UK groceries has more than doubled over the last year, consumer brand Which? has found.

The company analysed inflation on more...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is braced for a possible Tory backbench rebellion as MPs vote on a key plank of his new deal with Brussels...

Britain’s former prime minister Boris Johnson re-enters the bear pit of parliamentary inquisition on Wednesday for a grilling about ‘Partygate’ that could decide his political...

Britain has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of deliberate disinformation after he claimed the UK was supplying Ukraine with ‘weapons with a nuclear component’.

Following talks...

House sales fell by nearly a fifth in February 2023 compared with the same month a year earlier, in signs that the housing market is...

The UK government borrowed a record amount in February to support spending on energy support schemes, according to the Office for National Statistics on Tuesday....

The UK government has insisted it has no plans to renegotiate the Windsor framework Brexit deal despite the Democratic Unionist Party vowing to vote against...