Economic news and events

Rachel Reeves has insisted taxes have been kept at ‘an absolute minimum on ordinary working people’, even as an influential think tank said low-to-middle earners...

Rachel Reeves will face further questions after delivering a budget that raised tax by £26 billion but was overshadowed by an unprecedented leak.

The UK chancellor’s...

Britain’s government signalled on Wednesday it could issue permits for oil and gas extraction around existing North Sea fields, despite a promise to halt licences...

The UK chancellor on Wednesday laid out a raft of tax raising measures as she seeks to increase her fiscal buffer and calm nerves in...

The Office for Budget Responsibility on Wednesday released details, apparently in error, of its economic forecasts and tax raising measures in chaotic scenes ahead of...

The UK’s economy will grow more slowly than predicted over the next four years, according to a forecast that was published early in a budget...

Tanaiste Simon Harris has said the Irish economy is ‘in a position of relative strength’ after a watchdog said the government is ‘budgeting like there’s...

Rachel Reeves acknowledged people are ‘angry at unfairness’ in the British economy ahead of unveiling her second budget on Wednesday.

In a filmed address ahead of...

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves has urged Labour MPs to back her forthcoming budget, as the final day before the major government financial statement dawns.

The chancellor...

(Allince News) - The UK government on Saturday published a policy paper outlining a critical minerals strategy which aims to optimise domestic production and build...