More results...
As Trump’s tariffs take effect, Britain is likely alternative destination for cars, telecoms and sound equipmentBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK is poised for an influx of cheap Chinese imports that could bring down inflation amid the fallout from …
Group of 120 experts including Joseph Stiglitz urge fresh debt restructuring plan given scale of destructionA group of the world’s top economists – including the Nobel prize winner Joseph Stiglitz – have called for Sri Lanka’s debt payments to be suspe…
ONS figures show public sector net borrowing was £11.7bn – £1.9bn less than in same month last yearThe UK government borrowed more than expected in November, official figures show, amid pressure on the economy before chancellor Rachel Reeves’s autumn b…
President claims bonus the result of tariff revenue but stipend had already been approved in tax-and-spend billWhen Donald Trump promised a one-time $1,776 payment for 1.45 million US military workers to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of…
Quarter-point cut widely forecast in City following steep fall in inflation and weak economic dataThe Bank of England has cut interest rates by a quarter point for the fourth time this year, delivering a pre-Christmas boost to the struggling UK economy…
Monetary policy committee, cautious in recent months, expected to respond with cut in interest ratesUK inflation falls sharply to 3.2%Business live – latest updatesThe sharper-than-expected drop in UK inflation to 3.2% last month has eliminated any lin…
Drop in November annual rate adds to case for Bank of England cut to interest rates on ThursdayBusiness live – latest updatesUK inflation fell by more than expected in November amid a slowdown in food prices, official figures show, strengthening the ca…
October figure from ONS suggests employers laid off workers, as earnings growth excluding bonuses fellYoung people hit hard as UK unemployment marches upwardsBusiness live – latest updatesThe rate of UK unemployment rose to a four-year high of 5.1% in …
Government says arrangement will bring in extra £400m on top of more than £15bn of existing annual trade with KoreaThe UK has signed a new trade deal with South Korea designed to increase exports of cars, Scottish salmon and Guinness canned in Britain….
Mark Rowley says capital is a safe city, and claims of no-go areas are ‘completely false’Members of the House of Lords have proposed “totally unnecessary” and “very cruel” amendments to the assisted dying bill in a bid to scupper it, Kim Leadbeater, th…