Changing the UK’s fiscal rule to allow more cash to flow could take the pressure off – but it isn’t without risk.

and published by the inquiry on Tuesday – accuses the Government of using “opaque language” to cover “a lack” of action on proposals. A general view of the the room where the public inquiry into the ...

We’re still counting the costs of the global covid pandemic – and governments’ responses. What did we learn from it?

Aftab Baig, 47, from Glasgow, was part of a fraud which saw bogus claims made against the Leeds branches of the bakery chain.

The stock markets in the UK, France, Germany, Japan, South Korea and Australia were all falling for a second day ...

The UK economic inactivity rate for people aged 16 to 64 years was estimated at 21.4% in December 2024 to February 2025. This is below estimates of a year ago, and down in the latest quarter. The UK ...

Many accused of lockdown breaches claim they simply misunderstood the rules but were forced into lengthy court battles ...

These are extraordinary times, which requires extraordinary measures. The emergency Coronavirus Bill is the UK Government's response to tackling the COVID-19 outbreak. In short it will: provide ...

Five years on from the Covid lockdown, some of those who lost out financially are calling on the government to compensate them. For many the pandemic that gripped the UK and the world seems like a ...

Fake Greggs manager’ who claimed over £700,000 in Covid grants jailed - The 47-year-old man had conned a city council out of ...

FTSE hits lowest level since December as global market meltdown continues - FTSE slumps after Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ ...

The UK COVID Inquiry has heard evidence from politicians ... as is the case in Scotland. But the Welsh government has rejected calls for the country to have its own independent inquiry into ...