Governments are finding it more expensive to borrow, and Britain is in an unusually weak position. ormal British people don’t ...

THE UK economy shrank by more than expected in May, official figures reveal. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said ...

The U.K. economy unexpectedly contracted for a second consecutive month in May, a sharp reversal in fortune following a stronger-than-expected start to the year that makes it more likely the Bank of ...

Contractors are increasingly rejecting tenders due to concerns over risk, according to Gleeds.  The consultancy said that 97 ...

The central bank’s quantitative tightening programme is not much discussed, but is central to the government’s cuts and ...

Leeds Building Society is increasing the maximum amount that first-time buyers can potentially borrow as a multiple of their ...

Borrowers on the whole will be able to cope financially even if they remortgage onto a higher interest rate, the FPC said.

House prices in Scotland grew at a much faster pace than those in the UK as a whole over the year to June, new figures reveal. Halifax’s house price index for June, published today, shows that ...

If breaking the fiscal rules isn’t an option, the government will have to find a way to stick to them. Recent U-turns suggest it will be politically difficult to push through further spending cuts, ...

UK house prices stalled in June, on a monthly basis, after a 0.3% fall in May, according to lender Halifax. The typical ...

The Bank of England’s bond-buying experiments in the financial crisis lined investors’ pockets rather than boosting the ...