Economic news and events

Rural councils in the UK are to get more money to pay for the cost of ‘remoteness’ as part of a funding shake-up, ministers have...

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves has appeared in public with Prime Minister Keir Starmer a day after breaking down in tears alongside the prime minister in...

UK mortgage demand from home buyers is expected to soften over the summer, according to a Bank of England survey of lenders.

Lenders reported that demand...

The UK service sector grew at its fastest rate for 10 months in June, supported by increased new orders, numbers on Thursday showed.

The S&P Global...

Rachel Reeves is ‘going nowhere’ and will remain as UK chancellor, Downing Street said, despite Prime Minister Keir Starmer declining to give her a public...

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves appeared to cry in the Commons as Keir Starmer declined to guarantee she would remain in place until the election.

The UK...

Keir Starmer defended his welfare reform plans despite being forced into a humiliating climbdown which leaves an almost £5 billion black hole in the UK...

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...