A 3.7% uplift would see the full new state pension rise from £230.25 a week to £238.75 a week, or £12,415 a year, marking an ...

Rachel Reeves has been warned the UK economy is effectively at a standstill after 'disappointing' GDP figures today. The UK economy expanded by just 0.1 per cent in November - less than expected ...

Factors such as tightening financial conditions and global trade uncertainties could dampen private sector confidence in the ...

The pressure on British consumers eased a little in January as a step-up in supermarket promotions meant grocery inflation ...

The UK has also experienced strong wage growth in the last few months, pointing to a still-resilient labour market, which in turn has also pushed inflation up.

British households' expectations for inflation ended a run of increases and fell in January, according to a monthly survey ...

UK inflation has decreased for the first time in three months. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which determines the inflation rate, prices increased 2.5 per cent in the year ...

From April 2025, the basic and new State Pensions is to rise by 4.1 per cent, in line with the annual increase in the Average Weekly Earnings (AWE) index for May–July 2024 - this means that over 12 ...

The UK government has been ... hike in a bid to “avoid inflation-busting increases” to council tax. Finance Secretary Shona Robison has called on Labour ministers to fully fund the more ...

Sir Keir Starmer had been accused of "bending the knee" to Mauritius after the country's leader said the UK prime minister ...