Like many central banks around the world, the Bank of England is grappling with a surge in inflation triggered by the stimulus-aided rebound from the coronavirus pandemic, supply-chain disruptions, and soaring energy prices.
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24th Oct 2026 | Updated at 12:20pm 24th Oct 2026
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There will be major disruption in Britain's train services in June and July as drivers are planning to join thousands of other rail workers on strike. Aslef, Britain's trade union for train drivers, announced strikes at three companies over...
The UK is currently in the grip of an “employment crisis”- there are 1.3 million job vacancies, and for the first time, there are not enough people looking for work to fill them. This is partly due to Brexit: it has “contributed to the exodus...
Rising petrol and diesel prices are putting pressure on household budgets, with energy bills and food prices also now at multi-year highs. The RAC motoring group called it "a truly dark day" as the cost of filling a 55-litre tank reached £100.27...
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said April’s data showed UK's gross domestic product (GDP), a measure of the size of the economy, fell by 0.3%...
The Bank of England is expected to raise interest rate from 1 to 1.25 per cent, its steepest rate hikes in 25 years, and is likely to keep going in the...
Staff shortage is affecting the aviation industry in UK and thousands of travellers are believed to have been stuck abroad after flight cancellations over the weekend. The problems are taking time to resolve and Advantage's chief executive warned...
RAC, the motoring body, said that the price of petrol surged by nearly 5p a litre in the week that included the bank holiday break. RAC says that it could soon hit 180p a litre.
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