Majority of respondents in FT’s annual survey say economy will not be strong enough for people to feel better off ...

UK unemployment is forecast to rise to its highest level since 2015 as weak growth, rising employment costs and tax changes ...

UK consumers’ debit and credit card spending slumped in 2025 for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic as wider economic ...

The UK’s Labour government passed a workers’ rights package that expands protections for employees and achieves a key policy goal of the party’s left.

Since 2007, the first version of official economic history — the version that gets reported as news every few months — showed that the average annual growth rate was 0.76 per cent. By contrast, the ...

The final UK third-quarter GDP reading shows 0.1% growth on a monthly basis and 1.3% annually, both right in line with ...

Most economic forecasters currently expect growth to be modest with the OECD projecting UK GDP growth of around 1.2% in 2026, ...

In the memorable words of one official statistician, Britain’s economy was “going gangbusters” at the beginning of 2024. Unfortunately, last year appears to have ended with a whimper. The best hope ...

The risk for Britain is not just falling further in the global rankings, but settling into a new normal of diminished economic ambition and reduced prosperity for its people — an outcome that would ...

September period of this year, the Office for National Statistics said today, in line with its initial estimate.

Plans for a new football regulator were included earlier this month in the King’s Speech, the UK government’s legislative plan for the upcoming year, meaning it is likely to happen soon. The ...