Britain

British businesses are cutting staff at the fastest pace in more than four years ahead of a tax increase ordered by finance minister Rachel Reeves which has already prompted suppliers ...

British consumers turned a little less pessimistic this month as the Bank of England’s latest interest rate cut led to an improvement in expectations for their household finances, according ...

British retail sales rose in January for the first time since August and by much more than expected, according to official data that suggested consumers were happy to spend despite ...

Eurosceptic politician Nigel Farage has given up formal control of his right-wing Reform UK party, which is currently leading in opinion polls, as he seeks to democratise its structure in ...

Britain will investigate the long-term effects of vaping on children as young as eight in a decade-long study of their health and behaviour, the government said on Wednesday. The government ...

Two British nationals detained in Iran have been charged with espionage after they allegedly gathered information in different parts of the country, the Iranian judiciary’s Mizan news agency reported ...

A run-up in asking prices for newly listed homes in Britain has lost steam ahead of an increase in property purchase taxes, according to a survey published on Monday. Property ...

Many British employers intend to raise prices and cut headcount because of the government’s tax increases on business, with confidence among small businesses falling to a five-year low, surveys ...

Britain entered a rare deficit in its goods trade with the United States at the end of last year, according to data published this week that London will hope bolsters ...

The attorney-general for England and Wales, Richard Hermer, has rejected calls to request a court review of the length of a jail sentence imposed on the British teenager who killed ...

Britain’s economy unexpectedly grew by 0.1 per cent in the final quarter of last year, official figures showed on Thursday, offering some respite from the downbeat economic picture facing finance ...

The head of Britain’s domestic spy agency MI5 issued a rare public apology on Wednesday for providing “incorrect information” to London’s High Court over a BBC investigation that ...

London’s Heathrow Airport will submit its proposal for a third runway this summer, the chief executive of the hub said, weeks after the British government threw its weight behind ...

British house prices rose by more than expected last month as some buyers rushed to complete sales before an increase in property purchase taxes at the start of April, according ...

Activity among British construction firms shrank sharply in January, marking the first contraction in almost a year, according to a survey, that also showed cost pressures escalating. The S&...

Britain is under pressure from bond dealers and investors to sell fewer long-dated government bonds – which briefly slumped in value earlier this year – as it seeks to finance around 300 billion ...

British investors yanked a net 640 million pounds ($799 million) from equity funds in January, ending a long run of inflows, as UK-focused funds suffered their sixth-biggest monthly net withdrawals on record, ...

Registrations for new electric vehicles in the UK rose in January but their market share remained short of the 28 per cent mandate for the year, industry data showed. The Society ...

British lawmakers said on Thursday that the UK markets watchdog should ditch already softened proposals to publicly name some companies under investigation if it cannot properly balance consumer benefits with ...

British households’ expectations for inflation ended a run of increases and fell in January, according to a monthly survey published by Citi and YouGov on Thursday. The survey showed expectations ...

The Bank of England cut interest rates on Thursday as it halved its growth outlook for this year and said a jump in inflation will prove temporary, while two officials ...

London’s Grenfell Tower, which was engulfed in flames more than seven years ago in a disaster that killed 72 people, will be demolished, bereaved families and survivors said on Thursday. ...

The Bank of England looks set to cut interest rates on Thursday for only the third time since just after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, as it juggles ...

British services firms lost momentum last month as a looming rise in employer taxes led to the fastest job cuts in four years but price pressures remained strong, according to ...