Rachel Reeves is under fire for her handling of the economy yet again after a watchdog laid bare Britain’s growing debt problem. This morning the Office for National Statistics (ONS) confirmed that...
Government borrowing for financial year higher than expected11 minutes agoGetty ImagesThe government borrowed more than expected in the year to March due to increased spending on pay and benefits,...
Rachel Reeves has been warned not to blame Donald Trump’s global trade war for Britain’s economic woes after the International Monetary Fund said domestic policy was the main factor behind the...
Chris Mason: Gender debate has changed but it's not over yet55 minutes agoChris MasonPolitical editor•@ChrisMasonBBCPA MediaIn nearly 25 years in daily journalism, I have never known another issue...
Why the IMF is worried about the economy - three things to knowThe International Monetary Fund has reported that the US economy will experience slower economic growth and higher prices, in part due...
Three more UK interest rate cuts this year, predicts IMF4 hours agoVishala Sri-PathmaBBC business reporterGetty ImagesThe Bank of England could cut interest rates three more times this year, as the...
Rachel Reeves faces fresh humiliation over the economy after the International Monetary Fund downgraded Britain’s growth outlook. The IMF forecast growth of just 1.1% in 2025, 0.5% down from its...
US stocks and dollar plunge as Trump attacks Fed chair Powell2 hours agoNatalie ShermanBusiness reporter, BBC NewsReporting fromNew YorkGetty ImagesUS stocks and the dollar plunged again as President...
Rachel Reeves is set to make the case for free global trade at the International Monetary Fund’s spring meeting in Washington DC, as she hopes to get a trade deal with the US over the line. The...
Trump and Meloni talk up chances of US trade deal with Europe3 days agoJessica Rawnsley & Laura GozziBBC NewsDonald Trump and Giorgia Meloni talked up the chances of a trade deal between the US...
Residents in one of the UK’s favourite seaside towns have been left furious after it was once more blighted by raw sewage pollution. On Thursday, a day after a torrential downpour engulfed the...
Trump and Meloni talk up chances of US trade deal with Europe4 hours agoJessica Rawnsley & Laura GozziBBC NewsDonald Trump and Giorgia Meloni talked up the chances of a trade deal between the US...
Trump and Meloni talk up chances of US trade deal with Europe12 minutes agoJessica Rawnsley & Laura GozziBBC NewsGetty ImagesDonald Trump and Giorgia Meloni talked up the chances of a trade deal...
Rachel Reeves is under fire after she failed to set out when the Government will take control of the steel site in Scunthorpe despite giving itself the power to take such action. Ms Reeves visited...
The bin bags are piling up, the unions are flexing their muscles and Labour is floundering both in Birmingham and Westminster.Welcome to the Summer of Discontent.The trigger is a bitter bin strike in...
Some European Union (EU) staff are being given burner phones and basic laptops before flying to the USA over fears they will be spied on by American intelligence. The new guidance, which is usually...
'Russians are even trying to ban our holidays' - life in occupied Ukraine9 hours agoVitaliy ShevchenkoRussia editor, BBC MonitoringGetty Images"Russians are trying to ban everything Ukrainian here:...
It’s not China’s Xi Jinping, although as head of the world’s secondary superpower, he’s certainly catching up.Nor is it the EU, IMF or the Pope. It’s something quieter, more calculating –...
Keir Starmer will have to offer “extraordinary” concessions to secure tariff-free trade, the White House has warned. The UK is in touch with the US administration every day as ministers and...
Argentina has descended into chaos with trains disrupted, flights grounded, grain shipments interrupted, deliveries halted and banks closed as unions staged a general strike against Javier Milei's...