Economic news and events

Luton airport’s expansion plan has been approved by UK Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander despite a recommendation she reject it.

The Cabinet minister gave the go-ahead to...

New car registrations in the UK leapt in March as private retail buyers returned and electric vehicle sales hit a new high, an industry report...

The UK Foreign secretary has said he regrets America’s ‘return to protectionism’ after Donald Trump insisted Prime Minister Keir Starmer was ‘very happy’ with Britain’s...

Scotland’s Deputy First Minister has called on the UK Government to leave no stone unturned in efforts to secure a trade deal with America, as...

Business activity in the UK private sector picked up in March led by further momentum in services, purchasing managers’ index survey results from S&P Global...

[Alliance News] - The UK prime minister is set to speak to business leaders while the Trade Secretary will look to calm markets on Thursday...

David Lammy is set to call on the UK’s Nato allies to increase defence spending to make the alliance ‘stronger, fairer and more lethal’.

The Foreign...

Ireland’s premier has warned that the ‘old order is changing’, as he questioned whether the EU and the US could sit around a negotiating table...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has vowed to ‘go further’ on regulating the water industry.

He made his pledge in response to Liberal Democrat leader Ed...

[Alliance News] - UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said the government is ‘looking carefully at the details of any retaliatory tariffs announced by the...