Economic news and events

UK public sector borrowing was higher than expected last month, numbers on Friday showed, ahead of next week’s government budget.

The Office for National Statistics said...

Keir Starmer has refused to rule out freezing income tax thresholds at the budget next week.

The UK’s prime minister declined to answer numerous questions from...

Ireland’s trade surplus widened in September as goods exports jumped by more than a quarter, driven by a sharp rise in pharmaceutical shipments and a...

UK consumer price inflation cooled last month, to the tamest level since June, numbers on Wednesday showed.

According to the Office for National Statistics, the...

A trade union has urged the chancellor not to ‘sacrifice’ oil and gas workers and ease the windfall tax at the budget this month.

Louise Gilmour,...

Speculation over the upcoming budget is partly to blame for weaker-than-expected economic growth figures as worries over tax hikes hit business and consumer spending, the...

Speculation the UK chancellor has scrapped plans to raise income tax sparked a sell-off in UK government bonds amid fears over unfunded spending pledges.

Britain’s long-term...

A ban on landlords in the UK evicting their tenants without reason will come into force in just over six months’ time, ministers have announced.

Landlords...

Consumer price inflation accelerated in Ireland in October, data published by the Central Statistics Office showed on Thursday.

The consumer price index rose by 2.9% in...

It is a ‘realistic projection’ to deliver a minimum of 300,000 new homes by the end of 2030, the Irish government has said.

The coalition’s new...