Faarea MasudBBC Business reporterGetty ImagesChocolate prices in the UK rose at the fastest pace on record in May as the overall cost of food continued to climb, official figures ...

Michael RaceBusiness reporter, BBC NewsBBCChancellor Rachel Reeves has refused to rule out future tax rises after the UK economy suffered its worst contraction for a year and a half ...

The number of people injured when a car drove into a crowd during Liverpool FC's Premier League title parade has now increased to 109, police have confirmed. At about ...

Charlotte EdwardsBusiness reporter, BBC NewsGetty ImagesPrices were expected to rise at 3.3% in the year to April.The Bank of England has previously said it expects inflation to peak at ...

Millions of public sector workers including nurses, doctors and teachers have been offered pay rises of between 3.6% and 4.5%.It comes after the government accepted recommendations from pay review ...

US President Donald Trump called Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on Tuesday to complain after a report that the retail giant was planning to detail the cost of trade tariffs ...

A nine-year-old boy who got trapped between rocks at a New South Wales beach on Sunday has become the seventh person to drown in Australia over the Easter weekend.The ...

Kevin PeacheyCost of living correspondentGetty ImagesA series of essential household bills are rising at the start of April, with warnings that single parents are among the hardest hit.Water bills, ...

Getty Images"Definitely not a Budget" is the basic message emerging from the Treasury about the chancellor's upcoming economic statement.There will not just be no red box outside Number 11, ...

James PearsonBBC Political Reporter, Hereford & WorcesterBBCDirector Will Underwood, the sixth-generation at his family firm, said increased NI costs had led to it cutting back on investment plansChancellor Rachel ...

Opposition parties have urged the prime minister to exempt hospices and other providers of health services from the increase in National Insurance contributions. The NHS and rest of the ...

Lucy HookerBusiness reporter, BBC NewsPA MediaThames Water has launched an appeal to allow it to increase bills by more than the regulator wants to permit.The UK's largest utility company ...