Rail passengers have been urged to only travel if “absolutely necessary” today as members of four trade unions stage a 24-hour walkout. The latest strike by...
Restrictions on where shops in England can display junk food come into effect today. Products that are high in fat, salt and sugar can no longer...
Liz Truss has for the first time acknowledged that “there has been disruption” to the UK economy following last week’s mini budget. Since the chancellor’s announcement...
Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng have met the head of the UK’s independent fiscal watchdog amid the fallout from the government’s mini-budget. The government confirmed that...
The pension schemes of Serco, the government contractor, have approached their sponsor to seek financial support amid a funding crunch triggered by this week’s wild gyrations...
Britain’s economy grew by 0.2% in the three months to June, reversing the initial estimate of a 0.1% contraction, official figures show. The upward revision of...
Liz Truss will meet the head of the UK’s independent fiscal watchdog today after a powerful group of cross-party MPs demanded the chancellor release a full...
The Bank of England’s chief economist has contradicted the government by saying there is “undoubtedly a UK-specific component” to the market reaction of the past six...
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has insisted the government is focusing on “delivering the growth plan” and “protecting people right across the country”. The chancellor, who announced his...
Prime Minister Liz Truss’s external adviser on the economy has told Sky News that the chancellor had “taken his eye off the ball” and “overstepped the...
This is an extraordinary moment. We’ll get to the details in a moment but before we do let’s not lose sight of the big picture. The...
The Bank of England has launched a temporary bond-buying programme as it takes emergency action to prevent “material risk” to UK financial stability. It revealed that...
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng is due to meet bankers today in an effort to calm nerves after his mini-budget spooked the markets and sent the pound crashing....
Shoppers are paying a record 10.6% more for food than they were a year ago, figures show. Overall shop price inflation accelerated to 5.7% in September,...
If the government does not reverse its fiscal plans in the coming weeks, it may be left with little option but to cut public spending so...
Asda has chartered its own cargo ship to ensure that it is well stocked with festive decorations, toys, clothes and gifts amid a global supply chain...
Stock markets across Europe have recovered some losses at the open despite lingering fears the omicron variant will knock the global economic recovery from coronavirus pandemic...
Deliveroo is close to naming Goldman Sachs as one of its new brokers, eight months after the Wall Street bank played a major role in what...
The owner of Butlin’s is preparing to put it up for sale amid a boom in British staycations, sparking a potential bidding frenzy for the country’s...
News of a potentially fast-spreading new coronavirus variant has already triggered a violent reaction on markets and in a number of different asset classes. While much...