The ONS said borrowing was driven higher by spending on public services and benefits, as well as rising debt interest ...

Britain is likely to face more frequent technical recessions after a slowdown in the economy’s speed limit made it vulnerable ...

Treasury Minister James Murray has refused to rule out the possibility of the UK slipping into a damaging recession in 2025, amid mounting concern about the country’s economic resilience.

The UK economy grew by 0.2% in January, raising hopes that the recession may already be over. Official figures last month showed the UK entered a technical recession in the final quarter in 2023 ...

Mr Watt believes the UK is sure to "tip into a recession" following controversial policies set out by Rachel Reeves’s autumn Budget. Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk, the former chief ...

The Bank of England risks pushing the UK into a recession if it holds interest rates ... on Thursday that he is more focused on that later date than the short-term positive news.

There are concerns that the UK is already in recession after official figures published earlier this month showed growth flatlined in November after contracting in both September and October.

We'll learn more from the Chancellor next Thursday. Is the UK in recession? Probably. Does that matter? Well, it may sound callous, but... not really. No-one loses their job because the statistics ...

If GDP falls for two quarters in a row, that is known as a recession, which can lead to pay freezes and job losses. The UK grew strongly in the first half of 2024, when the economy was rebounding ...

The UK economy shrank again in October, putting economists on “recession watch” in a blow to Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ plan to turn productivity around. But lurking in the new figures is a ...

Since the budget, gilt yields have spiked, debt sustainability is unsettling markets and recent growth and retail sales figures hinted that the UK is teetering on the edge of recession.