Advocates of Britain’s exit from the European Union presented it as an opportunity to sweep aside unnecessary rules and regulations that were holding back economic growth. Key to this is a plan to replicate the “Big Bang,” the wave of deregulation...

Every retired person claiming the full new state pension is at risk of paying income tax for the first time as the triple lock drives up payments in line with surging inflation.

About 1,600 jobs could be at risk with clothing group Joules set to become the latest victim of the tough times hitting the retail sector. The Leicestershire-based company, which has 132 shops, said it intended to appoint administrators after...

The Department for Work and Pensions needs to "get a grip" on record levels of fraud and error in the benefits system and take responsibility for tackling the "eye-watering" sums, the Public Accounts Committee has warned.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has warned that there are going to be "very difficult decisions" in next week's fiscal statement but insisted the UK was "resilient".

House prices in Britain fell for the first time in 28 months in October and rising mortgage costs threatened to put further pressure on the property market, a survey showed. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), which measures...

The UK economy shrank between July and September as the country heads into what is expected to be the longest recession on record.