Economics
Christmas party cancellations ‘near Omicron level’ as UK rail strikes loom – as it happened
Hospitality bosses say 30% of bookings have been called off, with rail workers’ walkouts predicted to wipe £1.5bn from revenues
Graeme Wearden
08, Dec, 2022 @3:39 PM
Is the UK really facing a second winter of discontent?
Comparisons with 1979 are misleading – strikes over pay now are smaller in scale and focus, and stoked by inflation
Richard Partington
08, Dec, 2022 @6:00 AM
Labour unveils funding shake-up to help turn UK into global startup hub
Party to give British Business Bank greater independence to raise capital in latest move to cement growing pro-business reputation
Richard Partington and Kiran Stacey
07, Dec, 2022 @10:30 PM
‘Winter is coming’ to UK housing market as prices tumble; China trade slumps – as it happened
Average house prices fell 2.3% in November, biggest drop since financial crisis, knocking average house price down by almost £7,000
Graeme Wearden
07, Dec, 2022 @3:52 PM
City faces fresh post-Brexit blow as EU moves to restrict certain trades
Battle focuses on what EU sees as bloc’s over-reliance on London’s clearing houses handling euro-denominated derivatives
Jennifer Rankin in Brussels
07, Dec, 2022 @1:51 PM
World’s poorest countries’ debt interest payments rise 35%, report says
Report’s author, the World Bank, states concern over poor countries’ increasing spending on debt
Phillip Inman
06, Dec, 2022 @5:40 PM
Hunt to urge banks to aid mortgage borrowers amid cost-of-living crisis
Exclusive: Chancellor to meet heads of UK’s major lenders and consumer champion Martin Lewis on Wednesday
Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent
06, Dec, 2022 @5:28 PM
UK retailers boosted by November sales of winter coats and hot water bottles
Total sales rose by 4% but figures were helped by inflation masking lower volumes, says BRC
Richard Partington Economics correspondent
06, Dec, 2022 @12:01 AM
UK car sales jumped 23.5% in November despite 2023 recession looming – as it happened
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as CBI warns UK faces recession and a lost decade without a government growth plan
Graeme Wearden
05, Dec, 2022 @3:10 PM
Cost of traditional Christmas dinner food ‘rises three times faster than wages’
TUC data shows 18% increase on staples over year, while category including cranberry sauce is up 33%
Rupert Jones
05, Dec, 2022 @6:00 AM
Sunak’s government ‘going backwards’ on green economy, says CBI
Business bosses ‘confused and disappointed’ by PM’s lack of growth plan in face of recession
Richard Partington Economics correspondent
05, Dec, 2022 @12:01 AM
Health and wealth divides in UK worsening despite ‘levelling up’ drive, report finds
Exclusive: economic inactivity due to sickness at highest level since records began, with north, Wales and Northern Ireland disproportionately affected
Robyn Vinter and Rowena Mason
04, Dec, 2022 @6:53 PM
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