Getty ImagesWages rose for three and a half million low-paid workers on 1 April, when the new rates for the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage took effect....

Senior bankers will be able to pocket bonuses more quickly under a relaxation of rules brought in after the financial crisis of 2007/2008.Senior bankers have had to wait up...

Natalie ShermanBusiness reporterGetty ImagesMichael Galletly, who works for the Department of Agriculture in Utah, sat down with his wife last week, combing through bills and spending more than two...

Getty ImagesThe UK economy has been slowing in recent months after a strong start to 2025.The latest figures show that the economy grew by 0.1% in August, after a...

Every week it seems US financial markets are hit by another bout of fear. The latest worries spread this week from the banking sector in the US, after two...

British Gas's parent company Centrica, Euro Garages and Holland & Barrett are among the latest companies named and shamed by the government for underpaying staff.The Department for Business and...

The chancellor should be "bold" in next month's Budget or risk future spending cuts and tax rises, an influential think tank has said. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)...

Faisal IslamBBC Economics Editor andLucy HookerBusiness reporterGetty ImagesChancellor Rachel Reeves said, despite the IMF's upgrade to UK economic growth, "for too many people, our economy feels stuck"The UK is...

Average mortgage rates have risen for the first time month-on-month since February as lenders approach the winter with caution.Following a series of drops in mortgage interest rates, the picture...

Michael Sheils McNameeBusiness reporter EPAChancellor Rachel Reeves should avoid "directionless tinkering and half-baked fixes" when trying to boost the government's tax take in next month's Budget, a leading think...

Available for over a yearIn 2001, a few months after 9/11, economist Jim O’Neill was working at Goldman Sachs when he wrote a report about which countries might become...

The Liberal Democrats have promised to back the Bank of England's (BoE) independence "against Farage's threats" after the Reform leader urged it to end its bond-selling programme.On Friday, party...