The UK government reports a £15.4bn budget surplus for January, falling short of forecasts and pushing total borrowing above ...

The country with the world's largest amount of debt is also the biggest spender - and it owes billions to countries with far ...

The UK’s sovereign rating has remained resilient to recent economic crises, underpinned by the country’s institutional ...

Eight months after coming to power and just two months after the Prime Minister’s promise to put more money in the pockets of ...

With President Donald Trump entering office for the second time, Nato spending is once again under scrutiny as the United ...

Calls for the UK government to start selling the bitcoin came after the German government started selling its own holdings in ...

However, the deficit still remains one of the highest in the G7, standing at 3.6% of GDP as of 2017, and the UK has pledged to lower its corporation tax from 20% to 17% by 2020. The UK had a debt ...

deputy chief UK economist at Capital Economics. “This means there is little room for complacency.” A primary deficit is the amount a government need to borrow to fund its spending excluding ...

The UK economy may have shrunk in the fourth quarter ... Reeves and her promise to turbo-charge growth. Economists reckon GDP fell 0.1% following a stagnant third quarter, amid the fallout ...