Kallum Pickering, chief economist at brokerage Peel Hunt, said: “If bond yields rise further, Reeves may be forced to make the economically damaging decision of further increasing taxes or cutting ...

Benefits including Child Benefits, Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments (PIP) will increase by 1.7 per cent next April, in line with inflation figures from September. Personal ...

Work is continuing to restore power and water to thousands of households as Ireland grapples with a prolonged cold snap. Some schools in parts of the country badly hit by snow or ice remained closed, ...

Department for Transport figures show as of January 1 there were 73,334 public electric vehicle charging devices.