Van sales plummeted in the immediate aftermath of Rachel Reeves's Budget last year where she announced new car tax changes, according to new research. The used van market dropped nearly 12 per cent ...

Peter Kyle defended the Chancellor after reports said her use of expenses while working at a retail bank had been subject to ...

Minister warns UK will respond to Trump tariffs as president rages over VAT - Trump ‘is not willing to tolerate’ VAT, US president’s trade chief says, raising fears UK could face 21 per cent tax ...

The UK economy grew by 0.1 per cent in the last three months of 2024, according to the Office for National Statistics’s ...

It’s a weekday outside Beales department store in Poole, Dorset, and expletives are flying. And a few threats, too, which are ...

The news that the UK economy grew by only 0.1 per cent in the last quarter of 2024, will no doubt, be a disappointment to ...

Meanwhile the Social Mobility Commission, itself an arm’s-length body of government, is currently setting up a new panel of ...

The economy unexpectedly grew but business investment slumped as a result of tax rises. James Moore explains how Britain’s 0.1 per cent growth figure masks future woes ...

Wall Street pushed higher on Thursday as traders digested news that US president Donald Trump is set to make an announcement ...

UK GDP grew by 0.1 per cent in the final three months of 2024, upending expectations the economy would shrink by 0.1 per cent ...

Sir Keir Starmer claimed voters faced a choice between extra cash for the NHS and stability in the public finances or an inheritance tax break for farmers after a tractor protest disrupted a prime ...

Rising GDP signals economic growth, which is generally welcome news for the country’s companies, households and politicians. When GDP is falling, it means the economy is shrinking. If it falls for two ...