Britain ran a bigger-than-expected budget deficit in December, swelled by debt interest and a one-off purchase of military ...

(Reuters) - Britain ran a bigger-than-expected budget deficit in December, swelled by debt interest costs and a one-off ...

The budget deficit surged in the final month of 2024, underlining the challenge facing the government in meeting its fiscal ...

Working from home is creating a generation who are "not doing proper work", the former boss of Marks and Spencer and Asda has ...

The FTSE 100 ( ^FTSE) and European stocks were higher on Wednesday as UK government borrowing rose more than expected in ...

The official figures are released as the chancellor's stewardship of the public finances remains under intense scrutiny at a ...

Construction worker pay rose by more than 5 per cent last year, according to new official data. The Office for National ...

It came after fresh data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that the UK economy grew by a ...

Yields on U.K. government bonds--which are known as gilts--surged in early January, and although they have since fallen back somewhat, they remain above the levels assumed by the OBR when it was ...

Fears over 'Stagflation' were fuelled today as figures showed jobs and vacancies dipping while pay gathered pace. Numbers on ...

The volume of retail sales, which measures the quantity bought, fell by 0.3% in December, the Office for National Statistics ...

The West Midlands claimant count covering those claiming unemployment benefits stood at 207,945 last month, with the figure ...