U.K. Retail Sales Fall More Than Forecast as Squeeze Hits U.K. retail sales plunged in May for the second time in three months as rising inflation...
Pound Unlikely to Get BOE Boost as ‘Smooth’ Brexit Doubts Build The pound is unlikely to find any support from this week’s Bank of England meeting,...
U.K. Squeeze Tightens as Real Wages Drop Most in Almost 3 Years The squeeze on U.K. households intensified in the three months through April as weaker...
Pound Extends Drop as U.K. Political Chaos Adds to Brexit Stress The pound fell against all its Group-of-10 peers on the prospect of an unstable coalition...
May to Try to Form Government After UK Election Debacle, Uncertainty Over Brexit Talks British Prime Minister Theresa May will ask Queen Elizabeth for permission to...
Young Take Revenge on Old as Divided Britain Upends its Politics Angry youth was always going to be a wildcard in this election, and it might...
Pound Slides as U.K. Vote Springs Hung Parliament Before Brexit The pound headed for the biggest drop in a year after it emerged that the ruling...
UK Economy Falls to Bottom of EU Growth League The United Kingdom economy was the worst performer in the European Union in the opening months of...
U.K. Retail Sales Decline as Households Keep a Lid on Spending The evidence is mounting that U.K. consumers are reining in spending. Retail sales fell for...
London Fortifies Bridges to Protect Pedestrians From Attack Concrete and metal barriers are being erected along the sidewalks on some of London’s bridges after terrorists used...