Official figures released on Thursday showed that UK state borrowing slowed to £1.1 billion in July, providing some relief ...

And new data shows that fewer than half of parents would encourage their child to become a builder, despite figures showing ...

Borrowing last month was the lowest July figure for three years, following rises in tax and National Insurance receipts.

The Bank of England currently expects inflation to hit 4% in September, the all-important month for pensioners. Wage growth ...

A 5.8pc jump in rail fares would represent another inflation-busting increase in the cost of commuting for passengers. The ...

Prices in the UK rose by 3.8% in the year to July, driven mainly by a jump in the price of air fares and food. That means ...

The Office for National Statistics said consumer price inflation was 3.8% in the year to July, up from 3.6% in June. One of ...

With around 45% of train fares regulated by governments in Westminster, Scotland and Wales, the increase would affect ...

Oasis lookalikes of Liam and Noel Gallagher. The Manchester band was blamed for hotter-than-forecast inflation in the U.K. in ...

Annual inflation rose to an 18-month high in the U.K. last month, raising the chance that Bank of England policymakers might hold off from cutting rates in the coming months.

President Trump evidently did, having now fired the Commissioner of Labor Statistics. The UK Office of National Statistics still only has an acting head after the National Statistician resigned.