Economic news and events

UK consumer spending lifted by more than a 10th in 2022 but retailers saw a slump as rising energy costs dragged on household budgets.

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UK families are facing a ‘groundhog year’ as further squeezes on living standards take place in 2023, a think-tank has warned.

While the year ahead...

The UK government appeared to backtrack on its suggestion that travellers from China will not be screened for Covid after critics including two former health...

Downing Street has said a ‘fair agreement’ to end UK strike action should not involve double-digit pay rises for workers.

A Number 10 spokesman claimed...

The US is considering Covid entry restrictions for travellers from China, US officials said on Tuesday, after Beijing dramatically loosened hard line containment measures this...

China says it will resume issuing ordinary visas and passports in another big step away from anti-virus controls that isolated the country for almost three...

The Irish taoiseach has said he is ‘not hung up’ on the introduction of a 30% tax band to help squeezed middle earners.

Leo Varadkar...

Travel disruption is expected across railways in the UK again on Wednesday, with many commuters returning to work following the Christmas break, as industrial action...

The speaker of the House of Commons has acknowledged that the political turmoil of the last year left Britain an international laughing stock.

Lindsay Hoyle...

Crowds of people were left waiting at major train stations across London and beyond amid ongoing disruption despite the end of a rail strike on...