Economic news and events

National Health Service staff across Wales have voted to take strike action in a dispute over pay.

Members of Unite rejected a 3.6% pay award and...

A ban in the UK on ‘exploitative’ zero-hours contracts and ‘day-one’ protections against unfair dismissal will not come into force until 2027 as the government...

There will be ‘financial consequences’ to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s last-minute climbdown on welfare reform, a Cabinet minister has said, as he declined to...

Keir Starmer was forced to abandon a key plank of his welfare reform agenda to get the legislation through its first Commons test.

In a late...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced the most serious internal rebellion of his year-long premiership on Tuesday, as MPs prepared to vote on key welfare...

Keir Starmer has defended his government’s record over its first year in office, all while he faces the largest revolt of his premiership.

The UK prime...

The group behind one of Britain’s largest oil refineries has collapsed into administration, sparking fears over oil supplies and jobs.

State Oil – the parent company...

The final phase of post-Brexit food labelling on products being shipped from Great Britain to Northern Ireland has been introduced.

The ‘Not for EU’ labels, an...

Energy firms in Great Britain are set to discuss how the National Grid could be upgraded to cope with the future demands of AI at...

The UK manufacturing sector remained in contraction territory in June, numbers on Tuesday showed, though the downturn eased to its least negative reading in five...