All eyes were on UK inflation data this last week, as a surprise jump in the rate at which prices increase took economists ...

In his first of a new monthly economics column MICHAEL BURKE argues that public-sector investment is more effective, more productive than private-sector investment ...

Current U.S. gold audits at Fort Knox are deeply flawed; seals repeatedly broken, raising doubts about actual gold ...

A significant acceleration in activity during the final quarter of 2024 shifted the UK M&A market into growth territory year on year, according to research by Experian Market IQ.

Privatised water symbolises everything wrong with Britain. Asking nicely hasn't worked, argues Richard Hames - we need a protest movement that can force change.

Campaigners have accused short-term let (STL) landlords of “hollowing out our city” after new data found one in 32 London homes were used for short stays in 2024. Jae Vail, from the London Renters ...

Wrexham County Borough Council supports the proposal for Crown Estate assets to be devolved to the people of Wales, so that ...

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 shed 0.3% to 8,300.90, while South Korea’s Kospi slipped 0.2% to 2,650.17. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng jumped 2.7% to 23,183.02, boosted by a surge in shares of Alibaba, which ...

Farmers are 'extremely frustrated' over a government meeting on inheritance tax, according to the leading union.

The devastating impacts on farming families and the nation’s food security from the family farm tax sit squarely on ...

Farmers will will react with “anger and fury” at the government’s refusal to reverse its planned changes to inheritance tax ...