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The UK economy unexpectedly grew by 0.5% in February, official figures showed, in a boost for the chancellor Rachel Reeves before an expected downturn sparked by Donald Trump’s tariff war.more

Democratic politicians have accused President Donald Trump of market manipulation and ‘insider trading’ following his Wednesday announcement of his decision to suspend increased tariffs. Data showed a spike in stock market activity just before Trump's announcement.more

The wait for family-size social housing has risen to more than 100 years in parts of England, which charities have condemned as “ludicrous” and a “national scandal”.more

Customers will be able to get help day or night from August 1 if their meter fault has interrupted their gas or electricity supply, Ofgem said.more

The UK will ‘coolly and calmly’ continue negotiations with the United States on a trade deal after US President Donald Trump announced a 90-day suspension of additional tariffs, a UK government spokesperson said yesterday.more

British Gas will take on 90,000 customers left without an energy supplier after Rebel Energy went bust earlier this month. On Sunday, the industry regulator for Great Britain, Ofgem, appointed British Gas to begin supplying gas and electricity to 84,000 household customers and 6,000 businesses.more

With the tariffs introduced by US President Donald Trump, the era of globalization has come to an end after several decades, British Deputy Chancellor of the Exchequer Darren Jones said yesterday in an interview with the BBC. The tariff on goods, including those from Great Britain, amounting to 10 percent came into effect on Saturday.more

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke yesterday about US tariffs and their impact on the global economy with French President Emmanuel Macron. The leaders also discussed Friday's visit to Kyiv by the chiefs of staff of the armies of both countries.more

London boroughs that attempt to prevent pubs and clubs from extending their opening hours might find their decisions reversed by Sir Sadiq Khan, thanks to new powers granted by the Government.more

Irish PM Micheal Martin last night judged that the 20 per cent tariffs on EU imports announced by US President Donald Trump were unjustified and detrimental to neither side. He called on the European Union to give a concerted, balanced response.more

The tariffs that Donald Trump announced yesterday against a number of countries, including the UK, will affect the British economy, Prime Minister Keir Starmer acknowledged today as he met with representatives from leading companies such as Unilever, Shell, Airbus and the automotive sector that day.more

US President Donald Trump yesterday signed an executive order imposing ‘reciprocal tariffs’ of at least 10 per cent on foreign imports, and 20 per cent for the European Union. Trump described it as America's ‘declaration of economic independence’ and a ‘day of liberation’.more

Housebuilders in the UK are failing to supply much-needed new homes not because of restrictive planning laws, but because they are “very bad” at building houses, the head of one of the UK’s biggest nature charities has warned.more

All departures from the capital's Zaventem airport and Brussels' Charleroi airport were canceled today due to a general strike called throughout Belgium. In Brussels, only one metro line, four trams and six buses are operating. The protest is linked to the government's pension plan.more

In 2024, the highest GDP per capita was recorded in Luxembourg, the lowest in Bulgaria. Polish GDP per capita was 79% of the EU average, Eurostat reported.more

The UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, has increased the funds earmarked for the defence industry by £2.2 billion (over €2.6 billion), which will be added to the Ministry of Defence budget from next year. She emphasised that she wants the UK to become a "defence industry superpower".more

The rate of inflation fell to 2.8% last month as high street fashion stores slashed their prices in February. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said lower clothing prices were largely behind the dip in the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) from 3% in January.more

Consumers are cutting back spending on everyday items amid falling confidence in the UK economy before Rachel Reeves’s spring statement, according to a survey.more

The lowest 10% of earners in the UK - roughly three million households - are more than £3,000 a year worse off than the poorest households in Germany and France, ITV News Business and Economics Editor Joel Hills reports.more

The UK will not impose its own tariffs in response to US tariffs on steel and aluminium from Canada, which are due to take effect on Wednesday, a British government official announced on Tuesday, as quoted by Reuters. He assured that the two countries continue to cooperate on economic issues.more

People living near power cables could receive £250 a year off their energy bills as the UK government hopes to speed up construction of infrastructure vital to the transition away from fossil fuels.more

Donald Trump is making Europe great again; the US president has given the EU its strongest boost since the end of the Cold War, wrote the Financial Times' chief foreign affairs commentator Gideon Rachman yesterday, referring to Trump's slogan - “Make America Great Again”.more

Britain performed worse than most other developed nations in its response to the Covid pandemic, according to an Observer analysis of international data, five years on from the first lockdown.more

Inflation will briefly hit 3.6 per cent this year and “remain well above” the Bank of England’s target until late 2026, according to Oxford Economics.more

Steep declines in housebuilding and engineering work have led to the biggest plunge in UK construction activity since May 2020, according to a survey of building companies.more