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What is the Spring Forecast – and will Rachel Reeves announce any new policies?
The Treasury has said chancellor Rachel Reeves is committed to one fiscal event each year. Could a challenging economic backdrop force her to reassess this stance when she delivers the Spring Forecast on 26 March?
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Live: Bank of England holds UK interest rates at 4.5%
The Bank of England voted to hold UK interest rates at their current level of 4.5% in March, as widely anticipated, after inflation rose to 3% in January
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Benefit reforms: Labour overhauls “worst of all worlds” welfare system
The government outlined a series of reforms to the health-related benefits system on Tuesday afternoon, aimed at saving £5 billion by 2030
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Revealed: the most expensive postcodes in the UK
Areas in London dominate the list of the UK’s most prestigious postcodes. Do you live in one?
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ONS reshuffles the inflation basket of goods – what are we buying and what have we ditched?
VR headsets and yoga mats are in, gammon is out. Here's what the ONS has set as its latest inflation shopping basket.
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The benefits of a stock bubble
Opinion We tend to think of stock bubbles as bad things but, as the dotcom craze shows, good things can come from them, says Matthew Lynn
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Friedrich Merz proposes 'radical' spending package for Germany
Germany's chancellor designate Friedrich Merz wants to scrap restraints on borrowing and allow for much higher defence spending
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Boots parent company Walgreens sold to private equity firm
US pharmacy giant Walgreens Boots Alliance is going private. Will the new owners sell off the high-street chemist?
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Trump’s trade war: EU threatened with 200% alcohol tariffs
Donald Trump has threatened the EU with alcohol tariffs after it announced a string of countermeasures against the US earlier this week. What do the latest tariff announcements mean for markets and the economy?
