Chancellor Rachel Reeves has warned people to prepare for higher costs as a result of the conflict in the Middle East. The ...

18:31, Mon, Mar 9, 2026 Updated: 18:31, Mon, Mar 9, 2026 Rachel Reeves has defied pleas to axe a punishing fuel duty hike amid warnings petrol could hit £2 a litre. The Chancellor said she will ...

Defence Secretary John Healey is delivering a statement to Parliament on the unfolding crisis in the Middle East. See below for the latest updates ...

The conflict in Iran is “likely to put upward pressure on inflation” over the coming months, Rachel Reeves has said.

Meanwhile, UK Defence Secretary John Healey says a drone that hit a British base in Cyprus last week came from either Lebanon ...

British chancellor says she will take steps to help families with cost of living as oil prices surge ...

The chancellor has told MPs inflation is likely to increase as the conflict in Iran rumbles on. She also set out the ...

Rachel Reeves appeared to admit that UK businesses and consumers would not escape the knock-on effects of disruption in global oil trade.

Finance ministers from G7 countries resist pressure to release emergency oil stocks at video call today ...

The energy price cap is predicted to cap will rise by about 10%, adding around £160 a year to typical household bills ...

Rachel Reeves has spent time as Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer seeking to win over skeptical bond investors with a ...