Sir Keir Starmer has been urged to protect disabled people claiming welfare payments from expected cuts to the benefits system.The health and disability-related benefits bill is now £65bn a...

Joshua NevettPolitical reporterHelen CattPolitical correspondentReutersSir Keir Starmer has called the current benefits system unsustainable, indefensible and unfair, and said the government could not "shrug its shoulders and look away"....

Hundreds of flights have been cancelled across Germany as airport workers stage a nationwide strike over pay, posing a major disruption for air travellers.The industrial action, led by the...

Michael RaceBusiness reporter, BBC NewsGetty ImagesThe chancellor will give an update on her plans for the UK economy when she gives a statement alongside an economic forecast on 26...

Laura KuenssbergPresenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg•@bbclaurakBBC"Trump may be the best thing to happen to Starmer," says a diplomat, suggesting the brash property tycoon busy upending the world order might...

Wind and waves are set to be included in calculations of the size of countries' economies for the first time, as part of changes approved at the United Nations.Assets...

US President Donald Trump's cuts to the government workforce have started to hit, but overall hiring last month remained stable as growth in other sectors offset those losses. The...

President Donald Trump's decision to establish official government cryptocurrency reserves in the US has drawn criticism from industry watchers.He has signed an executive order creating what he calls a...

Jennifer MeierhansBusiness reporter, BBC NewsGetty ImagesPoundland's owner has said it is considering putting the chain up for sale after warning tax changes coming in April will put more pressure...

US president Donald Trump's tariffs could mean less money in UK consumers' pockets, the governor of the Bank of England has warned.Tariffs could hit growth and pose "substantial" risks...

Canadian provinces pulling US alcohol off store shelves in response to Trump trade policy is "worse than tariffs", the boss of Jack Daniel's maker Brown-Forman has said.Several Canadian provinces,...

Ministers, facing potential cuts of billions of pounds from the welfare budget, have announced plans to use 1,000 work coaches to help the long-term unemployed into work.The coaches are...