Economic news and events

Senior police chiefs and government watchdogs have written to the UK prime minister warning they will be forced to make choices about which crimes they...

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to tear up Treasury rules as she announces billions of pounds of investment in public transport in the North...

UK industry has welcomed Donald Trump’s decision to keep tariffs at 25% on British steel and aluminium for now, but warned that ‘uncertainty remains’ over...

UK economic forecasts have been downgraded for the next two years as trade tensions linked to US President Donald Trump’s tariff plans hit the global...

Britain faces ‘water rationing like we have in the Mediterranean’ without new reservoirs, the water minister has warned.

Emma Hardy has suggested water shortages could hit...

UK Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds is set to meet US officials on Tuesday as the UK aims to set a timeline for its exemption from...

Military drones and lasers will receive a £5 billion investment as the UK government bids to put ‘the kit of the future into the hands...

The UK will move to ‘war-fighting readiness’, Keir Starmer said as questions remained about his plans to increase defence spending.

The UK prime minister said he...

Planned border checks on fruit and vegetables imported into the UK from the EU will be scrapped.

The government has said Keir Starmer’s Brexit reset deal...

The UK manufacturing economy remained in contraction territory in May, numbers on Monday showed, amid weak global demand and turbulent market conditions.

The S&P Global UK...