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 Sir Keir Starmer has insisted the Government’s welfare reforms must be pushed through in an indication there will …

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 The Bank of England’s (BoE) next meeting to determine interest rates is on Thursday 19 June, and all …

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 the cost-of-living crisis continues to impact households across the UK. Consequently, many are really watching their spending …

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 As Britain faces sluggish growth and rising fiscal pressures, Independent readers have been vocal about who should foot the bill – and how. A broad consensus has emerged: the wealthy must …

FTSE 100 shares: Oil stocks up, airlines down There are only about a dozen FTSE 100 firms showing positive trading so far this morning, chief among them the big oil duo and a handful of other energy and mining companies. Defence firm BAE is the biggest riser, 2.63 per cent in the green, with BP (1.8pc), Shell (1.3pc) and Endeavour …

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 the year inches closer to it’s halfway point, many of us may find ourselves swept up in …

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 …