Lucy Hooker

The government has insisted that American hormone-treated meat will not start to seep into the UK market, following the tariff deal agreed this week that boosts the trade in beef in both directions. Some farmers and consumers have expressed fears […]

Lucy Hooker BBC Business reporter Dylan Caulkin Dylan Caulkin would like the government to provide more help for young people like him On Wednesday the chancellor will give an update on her plans for the economy. The government has promised

Lucy Hooker BBC Business reporter Reporting fromMacclesfield BBC Jane Kent says Macclesfield doesn’t need any more places to buy pastries There is a cheerful red awning and a newly painted cream wooden shopfront on the market square in Macclesfield. A

Lloyds Banking Group has nearly tripled the amount it is setting aside to cover the car finance mis-selling scandal to £1.2bn, knocking its profits for the year. It is setting aside an extra £700m to cover potential compensation payments, on

Lucy Hooker Business reporter, BBC News PA Media Thames Water has launched an appeal to allow it to increase bills by more than the regulator wants to permit. The UK’s largest utility company is calling on the competition regulator to

Getty Images The UK inflation rate has gone up for the second month in a row, rising at the fastest rate since March. The UK inflation rate rose to 2.6% in the year to November, according to official figures. Fuel

Job vacancies are falling and the economy is “cooling”, suggesting recession may be “around the corner”, according to the boss of Reed, one of the UK’s largest recruitment firms. Speaking to the BBC, James Reed said his firm had noticed

Getty Images British Airways passengers are stranded on the tarmac in multiple airports in the UK and internationally after a “technical issue” disrupted operations. The problems started at around 17:00 on Monday, with passengers posting to social media that they

Getty Images The Budget will only “temporarily boost” the economy, according to official forecasts, throwing into question the government’s promises to reboot growth. The pace of growth will peak next year at 2% before falling back to around 1.5% later

The chancellor will not unveil new freeports in the Budget on Wednesday, despite a government announcement on Friday saying she would. In the flurry of pre-Budget briefings, it seems Downing Street went too far, promising the new low tax sites