Traders are betting on interest rate hikes this year as Rachel Reeves and Sir Keir Starmer have consulted analysts at the Bank of England to monitor the impact of spiralling oil prices on the UK ...

The price of Brent crude was back above $100 on Friday morning, and it’s already feeding through into prices at the pumps.

UK chancellor pledges to be ‘responsive’ to rising living costs but any support would come against difficult fiscal backdrop ...

The Bank of England in February predicted growth of 0.9 per cent for 2026, while economists polled by Reuters expect 1 per cent growth. The OBR is also likely to revise up its unemployment rate, which ...

Live: Chancellor Rachel Reeves promises growth in spring statement - The Chancellor’s speech comes just weeks after the Bank ...

Employers are grabbling with spiralling costs linked to tax rises and the conflict in the Middle East.

The chancellor says in her Spring Statement that unemployment will peak later this year and then fall every year of the ...

Chancellor says she is ready to help households with rising costs but stops short of setting out specific steps ...

Good afternoon and welcome to MoneyWeek’s Spring Statement live report. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to deliver the ...

Ms Reeves said she is "proud" to be the chancellor "delivering the biggest uplift in defence spending since the Cold War". She says she is "in no doubt" that Britain has the ability to "navigate the ...