Pay growth in Britain slowed sharply and unemployment rose to its highest in nearly four years in the three months to April, ...

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves is increasingly likely to have to raise taxes later this year as weak growth, ...

UK house prices suffered another setback in May, suggesting a patchy performance for the property market since the expiration ...

Britain's Office for National Statistics said on Thursday that April's consumer price inflation reading of 3.5% had been ...

The Consumer Prices Index soared to 3.5 percent last month, up from 2.6 percent in March, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement. At 3.5 percent, the headline rate was the highest ...

U.K. inflation jumps The surge in U.K. inflation to 3.5% year-over-year in April, up from 2.6% in March and well above the Bank of England’s 2.0% target, is likely to prompt the central bank to ...

UK inflation has hit its highest level since the start of last year after a flurry of painful bill rises for households. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said Consumer Prices Index (CPI ...

The Office for National Statistics said that its key measure of inflation, as measured by the consumer prices index, rose by 3.5% in the year to April, up from 2.6% in March. April's rate was the ...

UK inflation ... and car tax rates also went up. Grant Fitzner, Acting Director General at the ONS, said: “Significant increases in household bills caused inflation to climb steeply.

Finance Minister Rachel Reeves said she was "disappointed" by the inflation figures which further reduced the chance of an interest rate cut in the coming months in the eyes of investors.

Rachel Reeves has been dealt a major blow this morning, as new inflation data blew a hole in her promise of economic stability. The ONS has just confirmed that April's CPI rate of inflation saw a ...

The UK’s Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation ... in 2025 linked to the falling wholesale price of crude oil. Northern Ireland consumers have still been impacted by higher rates bills, with ...