Rolling coverage of the UK’s new GDP report, showing growth of just 0.1% in October-December and 1.3% across 2025 UK economy limps along at 0.1% growth – but there are reasons for optimism in 2026 ...

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

Britain's fragile economic recovery is facing renewed pressure as rising oil prices tied to escalating tensions around Iran ripple through financial markets, complicating fiscal planning for Treasury ...

The International Monetary Fund has forecasted in the latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) that the UK will be the second-fastest-growing G7 economy, behind the U.S. The IMF also said that the UK will ...

UK gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow by 1.1% in 2026, as the OBR cut its previous prediction of 1.4% from last ...

Rachel Reeves has hailed 2026 as the year the UK economy will “turn a corner” after it was projected to achieve stronger economic growth next year than half its G7 peers, trailing only the US and ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves sought to strike an upbeat note on Tuesday on the state of the UK economy, even as oil and gas ...

Britain’s economic growth to be weakest in a century outside of pandemic and WWII, think tank warns - The UK’s top two ...

Looking ahead, we think some of the negativity around the United Kingdom’s medium-term economic performance is overdone. A tighter fiscal policy stance is expected to come about from the autumn budget ...

The United Kingdom's real gross domestic product (GDP) unexpectedly contracted by 0.1% in October, representing the fourth straight month without growth. Economic activity suffered in the run-up to ...

Open banking has already delivered billions of pounds to the UK economy and has huge future potential, but industry leaders warn against complacency.