Reeves says rules and red tape are ‘boot on the neck’ of business

At the Mansion House dinner she calls for regulators to allow more risk to clear the way for economic growth

FTSE 100 breaks 9,000-point barrier to reach new high

London’s blue-chip index has risen 10% in 2025 helped by investor flight from US stocks amid Trump’s trade policies

London stock market hits new peak, Thames Water reports £1.6bn loss, and Rachel Reeves outlines ‘Leeds reforms’ for financial services

Inflation remains far below the peaks seen three years ago, when price increases reached as high as 9%

GDP grows 5.2% in second quarter as world’s second largest economy ‘front-loads’ shipments before tariffs kick in

Events such as the Iberian power blackout have led some to go back to physical money, but others are not convinced

Chancellor to announce raft of deregulation changes as City regulators move to pare back transparency rules

Retail body says sales up by 3.1% year on year in June after drop in May, but Barclays finds shoppers are cautious

Energy secretary says it is not clear if opposition have any net zero policy

EU trade commissioner says ‘we want to use ‘every minute until 1 August to find a negotiated solution’

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as Andrew Bailey insists: “I think the path [for interest rates] is down”.

‘Slack’ opening up in UK economy as higher taxes squeeze employers, says Andrew Bailey

Editorial: The expanding group of emerging powers is building new rules, new tools and a shared industrial future – with or without Donald Trump

With the UK still shaking off the psychological side-effects of Covid, Rachel Reeves might want to broaden her aims

Country’s economic woes remain main determinant to work opportunities but technological change is also creeping in