However, it expects the economy to get a slight boost in late 2026 from lower interest rates and a "gradual" improvement in ...

Rachel Reeves has been warned that tax hikes and spending cuts will hold back the UK economy in the next two years. The ...

A directionless and floundering government has ducked the hard choices at the Autumn Budget, says Simon Wilson ...

The UK economy is set to slow to around 1.0% in the coming year, down a bit from 1.4% in 2025, as a combination of a ...

GBP/CAD then slipped on Tuesday amid rising friction between the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) and the Treasury, as ...

UK chancellor announces 26.1bn pounds ($34.4bn) in tax hikes amid furore over embarrassing leak of forecast data.

Analysts at KPMG predict the UK economy will expand by 1% in 2026, down from 1.4% this year. This is quite a bit weaker than ...

The Office for Budget Responsibility also pointed to a worsening short-term picture for inflation and unemployment.

Prof David Miles tells MPs the messaging given by the chancellor was "not inconsistent" with the situation she faced.

For a discipline so obsessed with forecasts, economics can be surprisingly backwards-looking – even the ‘latest’ data ...

The leaking of the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast has been condemned, with immediate calls for an inquiry ...

The leading economists also predict that interest rates will fall from 4% to 3.5% by the second quarter of 2026 ...