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UK to expand development finance investment in Asia, Africa, Caribbean

Foreign Office says the move was part of a strategy to deepen economic, security and development ties globally.

Rishi Sunak delivers Autumn Budget for stronger British economy

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak delivered his Autumn Budget to the House of Commons on Wednesday, with the promise of delivering stronger growth for the pandemic-hit British economy

British economy falters during summer as shortages build up

The British economy remains 0.8% below its pre-coronavirus pandemic level of Feb. 2020.

Boris Johnson brushes off UK's woes, vows high-skill economy

This is an autumn of inconvenience in Britain, marked by empty gas pumps, worker shortages and gaps on store shelves

China's data burst casts pall over global recovery, UK prices spike

Yields recovered slightly to 1.2820%, while the dollar eased 0.124% .

UK economy posts the biggest jump in annual inflation on record

The UK posted the biggest jump in annual inflation on record last month as global supply shortages and rising wages magnified the scale of price increases after pandemic-related discounts a year ago.

Britain's economic growth slowed more than expected in July over Delta

Britain's economic growth slowed more than expected in July as concern about the spread of the highly contagious delta variant of Covid-19

UK PM Johnson unveils new tax to fund health, social care costs amidst

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday unveiled a new tax that will fund the country's mounting health and social care costs in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Low base pushes up India's economic growth way ahead of others in Q1 FY22

Q1 GDP data: India's economic growth closer to UK's

Bank of England signals 'modest tightening' over the next two years

Policy makers led by Governor Andrew Bailey said they now expect annual price growth to peak higher than expected around 4%

United Kingdom pushes on with talks to join Pacific trade partnership

The British government said negotiating teams will be working over the coming months to join the 11-country Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership

UK inflation up more than expected amid Covid pandemic fluctuations

British consumer prices rose by more than expected last month

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Colour coding to tide over awkward socialising

UK economic growth accelerated in April, Moderna seeks US nod for its vaccine use in adolescents, and other pandemic-related news across the globe

UK economy sees uptick as payroll improving after lockdown measures eased

Further evidence emerged Tuesday to show that the British economy is recovering strongly, with the number of people on payroll increasing as coronavirus lockdown measures are eased.

Covid-19: UK economy showed resilience ahead of big lockdown easing

British economy contracted by a quarterly rate of 1.5% in first three months of 2021, a relatively modest contraction given that the country was in the midst of a strict lockdown to combat coronavirus

UK sharply cuts global aid due to coronavirus pandemic's economic impact

The United Kingdom is temporarily reducing its international aid from 14.5 billion pounds last year to 10 billion pounds this year

United Kingdom sees budget deficit rise to highest rate since 1946

Britain has seen its budget deficit rise during the coronavirus pandemic to its highest level since the year after the end of World War II

Britain's economy grew more than thought at end of miserable 2020

UK's Covid-hit economy grew more quickly than previously thought in the final three months of last year but still shrank by the most in more than three centuries in 2020 as a whole

More than a fifth of small UK exporters have suspended EU sales

More than a fifth of small British exporters have temporarily halted sales to the EU and 4% have done so permanently, a survey showed, highlighting problems that have followed the Brexit trade deal

Building back worse

The UK urgently needs a dynamic, entrepreneurial mission-setting state to confront the triple crisis of Covid-19, rising inequality, and climate change