Economic news and events

Teachers and doctors will get above-inflation pay rises over the next year, ministers have announced after the latest review of public sector pay.

Both professions in...

A judge has cleared the way for the UK government to sign its deal over the Chagos Islands after discharging a High Court injunction which...

The Chagos Islands deal could still be signed on Thursday after an overnight injunction was granted temporarily preventing the plans, the High Court has been...

The difference between the number of people moving to the UK and leaving the country is estimated to have halved, in the biggest fall in...

The UK private sector economy remained in decline in May, amid manufacturing sector weakness, numbers on Thursday showed.

The S&P Global flash composite purchasing managers’...

The UK government has temporarily been banned from concluding its negotiations on the Chagos Islands deal by an injunction granted in the early hours by...

UK government borrowing rose by more than expected to £20.2 billion last month, mounting further pressure on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to meet her fiscal rules.

The...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accepted the Boeing 747 that the Gulf emirate of Qatar offered to President Donald Trump for use as Air...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is due to sign off on the Chagos Islands deal on Thursday, handing them over to Mauritius.

The PA news agency...

Keir Starmer has said the government wants to make more pensioners eligible for winter fuel payments.

The apparent U-turn comes as the prime minister has faced...