The unexpected increase eases pressure on the government, which has been trying to spur investment and development.

The state pension is under increasing pressure as payments could soon reach £13,000 a year. Payments are increasing 4.1% in ...

Britain's economy unexpectedly grew by 0.1% in the final quarter of last year, official figures showed, offering some respite ...

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 ...

The growing pressures of paying for the state pension means the triple lock could soon come under scrutiny, an expert has ...

Investors grappled with a gloomy set of Bank of England forecasts on Thursday that complicate the outlook for UK assets, with ...

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

About 85,000 offenders in England and Wales will get an extra £1 a week to help them stay on the ‘straight and narrow’ ...

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

Thousands of pensioners are also still waiting for their £200-300 winter fuel payment after Labour’s choice to cut back the ...

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 ...