Sainsbury’s today announced it will cut over 3,000 jobs, including 20% of senior managers — a headline we shared among colleagues in the newsroom simply with the comment: “oof.”“Oof” is right. It is a ...

That left Rachel Reeves, Britain’s chancellor, with an uphill task when she arrived at the Swiss alpine town to court ...

ALCOHOL prices in pubs and supermarkets to be pushed up by a perfect storm of rule changes. Changes to tax on alcohol, ...

Debt costs pushed up UK government borrowing more than forecast last month, highlighting the fiscal challenges facing ...

Tax rises at the next budget are a "good bet", economists have suggested, after government borrowing reached its highest ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves ‘s financial headache has been inflamed by a surprise jump in borrowing in December, which leapt to a four-year high of nearly £18 billion.

The deficit was the highest for any December since 2020, when the government was forced to prop up closed businesses and spend billions of pounds on medical equipment because of the covid lockdowns ...

Government borrowing hit £17.8 billion in December, surpassing forecasts by £3.2 billion intensifying the debate over the ...

Sir Keir Starmer refused to say if he would back a third runway being built at Heathrow Airport amid mounting speculation ...

The Office for National Statistics said public sector net borrowing stood at £17.8 billion last month, up £10.1 billion on a ...

We got the latest UK employment data this morning. With the usual caveats around its reliability, there are signs of the ...

In Wales the unemployment rate was up on the previous quarter by 0.7% to 5.6% of adults of working age. Of the UK’s nations ...