Business

If some workers are having to dig deep to save their jobs, Britain’s labour market appears to be booming, with more people in work than ever before and unemployment at its lowest level in over a decade.

Conservative MP and Leave campaigner, Kwasi Kwarteng, and economist Vicky Pryce.

There are new questions this evening over the future of Britain’s planned nuclear power programme after Toshiba reported multi-million pound losses, triggering the resignation of its chairman.

Inflation has reached a two-and-a-half year high, as surging oil prices and the fall in the value of the pound after Brexit combined to push prices higher.

The Bank of England has announced a dramatic rise in its growth forecast for the next two years while keeping interest rates on hold again. The Bank’s governor Mark Carney warned the “Brexit journey” was only just beginning, but he also had a wider message, saying politicians are becoming more important to the world economy…

We were hoping to bring you a report tonight on the Government’s new plans to solve Britain’s housing crisis. Unfortunately, once again, the white paper has failed to materialise.

It’s not just the President causing controversy. Today his top trade adviser accused Germany of using a “grossly undervalued” euro to gain economic advantage over the United States.

Tesco says it will create the UK’s leading food business after buying the wholesaler Booker in a £3.7 billion deal.

Consumer spending kept UK growth higher than expected at the end of last year – so has the predicted Brexit slowdown been proved wrong, or just delayed?

America’s financial markets are certainly on a high about Donald Trump and what his economic policies could bring.

Around £8bn has been wiped off the value of shares in British Telecom after the company revealed an accounting scandal in its Italian division was more serious than first thought.