Confidence has been offset by declining expectations of the wider economy, according to the BRC-Opinium Consumer Sentiment Monitor.

Ministers plan to extend sanctions against companies who breach employment rights like the minimum wage and who repeatedly flout visa rules.

New activities and badges across the organisation’s age ranges have been created in partnership with Google to help boost digital skills.

The analysis by Rightmove was released as Halifax identified the UK’s most and least affordable locations to buy a home.

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said UK factories made 15.3 fewer cars in October this year than October 2023.

Women are spending more time online than men, but are more concerned about online harms, new data from Ofcom shows.

The workforce was close to reaching ‘parity’ between male and female doctors, a new report by the General Medical Council said.

European Space Agency astronaut Rosemary Coogan has just started a new phase in her training, which will have her spend six months at Nasa.

The public have been urged to help solve the murder of a banker who was shot on his doorstep exactly 20 years ago. Alistair Wilson, 30, was murdered on November 28, 2004 at his home on Crescent Road, ...

Ikea has launched a pop-up shop on London’s Oxford Street dedicated to its blue carrier bag, as it hopes to attract shoppers ahead of the delayed opening of its new city centre store.

National Education Union members across 32 sixth form colleges in England will stage their first walkout with two more days planned for next week.