Faisal IslamEconomics editorWPA Pool/Getty ImagesIt's been a bruising first week back for the government, full of resignations, reshuffles, and ructions in markets. All of this will have an impact ...

Tom Espiner & Nick EdserBusiness reporters, BBC NewsReutersUK government long-term borrowing costs have reached their highest level since 1998, adding to the pressure on the chancellor ahead of the ...

Mitchell LabiakBusiness reporterGetty ImagesChancellor Rachel Reeves has some big decisions to make ahead of the Budget in November.Economists say she is on track to break her own rules on ...

Lucy HookerBusiness reporter, BBC NewsAFP via Getty ImagesTaxes must rise in the autumn if Chancellor Rachel Reeves is to meet her self-imposed borrowing rules, according to an economic think ...

Gordon Brown has called on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to hike gambling taxes so she can lift benefit restrictions at her autumn Budget.The former Labour prime minister and chancellor told ...

A forecast is just a forecast, but the significance of today's pessimistic analysis by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr)is that it does reflect scenarios being ...

Nick EdserBusiness reporter, BBC NewsGetty ImagesUK government borrowing rose by more than expected last month, adding to the pressure on the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves.Borrowing - the difference between public ...

EPATwo very different reports have reignited UK economic gloom over the past four days. Friday's economic figures showed a further monthly dip in UK growth, or GDP, in May. ...

Tom EspinerBBC business reporterGetty ImagesChancellor Rachel Reeves has called the economy's recent performance "disappointing" after figures showed it shrank unexpectedly in May.The economy contracted by 0.1%, the Office for ...

Rachel Reeves has said she had had "a tough day" and had been "clearly upset", as she gave her first interview since crying in the House of Commons on ...

Lewis AdamsBBC News, EssexNational HighwaysAbout 2.6 miles (4.2km) of the Lower Thames Crossing is to run undergroundA project to build the UK's largest road tunnel has been granted £590m ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves says the government will do "everything in power" to protect people in the UK from the knock-on economic effects of the conflict between Iran and ...