Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has warned of a crackdown on “public sector waste” and focus on tackling debt after official figures showed weaker than...
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The cost of UK state borrowing is close to a 15-year high – levels seen only twice since the global financial crash. The amount the UK government has to...
Nokia has revealed plans to shed up to 14,000 jobs following a slump in sales. The Finland-based telecoms technology firm, which has 86,000 staff worldwide...
High levels of national debt will hurt the UK’s ability to fund public services and respond to economic crises, a think tank has said. Not in the last...
The rate of inflation failed to nudge downwards as expected last month, remaining at an annual rate of 6.7% according to official figures. The headline...
Nitrous Oxide will be illegal from next month as part of a government crackdown on anti-social behaviour, it has been announced. The substance, also known as...
The UK has more than its fair share of looming infrastructure priorities. There’s a neglected water network that leaks sewage into rivers and clean water...
Cost of living: Record one million emergency food bank parcels expected to be handed out this winter
More than one million emergency parcels are expected to be distributed by food banks this winter due to an “unprecedented need” for help, a charity...
The upmarket shoe retailer Kurt Geiger is being groomed for a £400m sale by its private equity backers. Sky News has learned that Cinven is working with...
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced it is investigating leading boiler manufacturer Worcester Bosch over whether it has been misleading...
The pace of basic wage growth has fallen back slightly, according to official figures being closely watched by the Bank of England. Data from the Office for...
A recession is on the horizon and the chancellor “is in a terrible bind” as low growth and high-interest payments on debt mean little room for...
Rolls-Royce Holdings, the aircraft engine manufacturer, is to axe more than 2,000 jobs as part of a cost-cutting drive by its new chief executive. Sky News has...
The former owners of The Daily Telegraph have tabled a blockbuster £1bn bid that they believe will end rival suitors’ hopes of buying the broadsheet newspapers...
Janet Yellen has told Sky News the United States can “certainly” afford wars on two fronts, as the conflict between Israel and Hamas threatens...
British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe will buy a 25% stake of Manchester United football club. Sir Jim and his company INEOS are expected to run Manchester...
