An expansion of powers would hit rural places and risk derailing the rollout of crucial technology, experts say.

The UK’s unemployment rate climbed to its highest level in three years while wage growth slowed, according to data published ...

Rachel Reeves set out to charm the City this week, but elsewhere, the economy is reeling from high taxes and low confidence.

A mini mortgage price war has kicked into full gear as lenders slashed rates all the way down to 3.75%, as the government and Bank of England (BoE) push for more relaxed lending rules. The average ...

The banking group has set aside an extra £4billion to lend to first-time buyers borrowing between 4.5 and 5.5 times their ...

The UK’s unemployment rate has risen to 4.7%, the highest in over four years, as businesses reduce hiring amid Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s tax increases and wage mandates.

One analyst said the Bank was "stuck between delaying rate cuts to tame prices or easing policy to support a weakening economy".

Neil Duncan-Jordan said means testing the Winter Fuel Payment could see frail and vulnerable people susceptible to ...

The ghost at the feast haunting Rachel Reeves’s bombshell speech to the City - COMMENT : Whisper it: What about wealth tax, chancellor, asks Andrew Grice ...

Thousands of jobs were lost in June, according to official figures, intensifying the pressure on the Bank of England to address the fallout from Chancellor Rachel Reeves' £20bn tax raid in its ...

The rate of UK unemployment has increased, with Helen Whately, Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, describing it as "the latest in a litany of dreadful economic news".

Thousands of jobs were lost in June, official data has shown, putting the Bank of England under greater pressure to deal with ...