Economy

Sign up to our free money newsletter for investment analysis and expert advice to help you build wealth Sign up to our free money email for help building your wealth Sign up to our free money email for help building your wealth As households across the UK continue to face the cost-of-living pressures while inflation steadily bites into incomes, a …

FTSE 100 slightly up while European markets stay in the red The UK’s primary index, the FTSE 100, remains up by 0.13 per cent today, in contrast to the benchmarks in France and Germany which are down 0.6 and 1.0 per cent respectively. Within the 100 on these shores, Halma (4.3pc), BT (2.96pc) and Tesco (2.86pc) are the biggest risers. …

Sign up to our free money newsletter for investment analysis and expert advice to help you build wealth Sign up to our free money email for help building your wealth Sign up to our free money email for help building your wealth HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) chief executive John-Paul Marks has told MPs that he regrets any frustration over …

Sign up to our free money newsletter for investment analysis and expert advice to help you build wealth Sign up to our free money email for help building your wealth Sign up to our free money email for help building your wealth Falling mortgage rates and wage rises are helping the housing market to recover, housebuilder Crest Nicholson has said …

Sign up to our free money newsletter for investment analysis and expert advice to help you build wealth Sign up to our free money email for help building your wealth Sign up to our free money email for help building your wealth Consumers are being encouraged to understand their payment protections amid the growing popularity of ‘pay by bank’ options. …

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email House prices in the UK have jumped by 74 per cent in the last 20 years, adding over £150,000 to the average property value, according to Zoopla. The property website …

Sign up to our free money newsletter for investment analysis and expert advice to help you build wealth Sign up to our free money email for help building your wealth Sign up to our free money email for help building your wealth Property professionals’ expectations for future sales are becoming more upbeat, although the housing market remains subdued, according to …

Los Angeles is a city of immigrants. It is also a city of unions. And in California, those two constituencies have essentially melded into one. So it should come as no surprise that federal immigration raids on workplaces around Los Angeles County this week set off the largest protests to date against President Trump’s immigration crackdown. On the first day …

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email With the dust barely settled on Rachel Reeves’ first major spending review since Labour’s return to power, debate is already raging over the scale, shape, and consequences of the chancellor’s plans. …

Wednesday business watchlist: Rachel Reeves, Revolution Beauty and more Here’s a run-down of the headline events worth watching out for across the coming hours. Wednesday financials are coming from (among others) Frontier Developments, Ibstock, Worldwide Healthcare Trust and Revolution Beauty. The latter is notable as Frasers owner Mike Ashley has signalled that if a bid is forthcoming for Revolution Beauty, …