Employers will start paying the massive increase in National Insurance contributions Rachel Reeves announced in last ...

Although the deadline for shifting to electric vehicles will stay in place, ministers are expected to soften fines and are considering easing the interim targets along the way.

The Prime Minister last night began a flurry of diplomatic calls designed to coordinate responses to President Trump's ...

Trump’s 10% tariff on UK products to come into force as stock markets plunge - The FTSE 100 fell on Friday in its worst day ...

Sir Keir Starmer’s campaign to halt Nigel Farage’s march to No10 is now in full swing, insiders have told GB News, and the ...

Sir Tony Blair has called on the Prime Minister to avoid a retaliation with Donald Trump over the President's controversial ...

Global stocks sink and FTSE sees biggest drop since Covid pandemic on second day of market turmoil - Beijing hits back after ...

A measured tone has set Britain well apart from governments in Europe and elsewhere threatening immediate countermeasures ...

In a live Q&A, The Independent’s chief political commentator John Rentoul fielded readers’ questions on Trump’s trade war, ...

Starmer speaks to world leaders as FTSE 100 plunges after Trump’s tariffs - Trading has been hammered in the aftermath of ...

Global trade war intensifies and shares tumble as China hits back at Trump tariffs - FTSE100 suffers worst losses since Covid ...