EXCLUSIVE: Business leaders have given their views after it was revealed the UK's jobless rate is up again - and they didn't hold back.

Rachel Reeves set out to charm the City this week, but elsewhere, the economy is reeling from high taxes and low confidence.

One analyst said the Bank was "stuck between delaying rate cuts to tame prices or easing policy to support a weakening economy".

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The rate of UK unemployment increased to 4.7 per cent in the three months to May, from 4.6 per cent in three months to April, ...

The rate of UK unemployment has increased, with Helen Whately, Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, describing it as "the latest in a litany of dreadful economic news".

The Chancellor can’t do the biggest things she needs for growth because she can’t escape her own ideology, says Helen Thomas Spin only gets you so far in the business world. Action has to back up ...

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The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said Consumer Prices Index inflation rose to 3.6% in June - in a blow for the under-fire Chancellor who used a big speech at Mansion House on Tuesday night to ...

A fter two years of closure and mounting public disquiet, there is now genuine hope that people could be seen strolling down ...

Could a bank holiday be moved to the Autumn instead?

Rachel Reeves wants to encourage a shift – but negative headlines about the risks could be making British consumers wary.