Economic news and events

Banking stocks in London were hit on Friday by reports that UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves could target the sector to help shore up public finances.

UK...

Parliament will continue sit for a single session until spring of next year, ministers in the UK have announced.

The session, which began in July last...

Troubled Thames Water Utilities Ltd has agreed to pay £24.5 million of its record £122.7 million in fines by the end of September under a...

The energy price cap will rise by 2% from October 1 for a typical household in England, Scotland and Wales, Ofgem has said.

The increase will...

The UK government said it wants to get a permanent deal with the EU on food and drink agreed in the next 18 months, as...

The tanaiste is ‘full of compassion’ and ‘empathy’, a Fine Gael minister said as he backed Simon Harris amid calls for his resignation.

Enterprise Minister Peter...

Irish producer prices fell at a slower pace last month, numbers on Friday showed.

According to the nation’s Central Statistics Office, producer prices declined 3.5%...

Activity growth in the UK was better than expected in August but an ongoing fall in employment continued to be a weak spot, preliminary data...

UK public sector net borrowing fell to around £1 billion in July, the Office for National Statistics reported on Thursday.

Net borrowing, the difference between total...

House prices in the UK rose solidly in June with broad-based growth led by Scotland and Northern Ireland, a report on Wednesday showed.

According to Office...