Nick Edser

The government has announced new rules aiming to protect shoppers using buy now, pay later services, saying it wants to end the “wild west” of unregulated borrowing. Under the plans, lenders will have to carry out affordability checks to stop […]

Nick Edser Business reporter, BBC News BBC The UK’s largest gas storage facility could be closed if the government does not help support a redevelopment of the site, the boss of the company which owns it has told the BBC.

Pay growth has picked up for the first time in more than a year, according to the latest official figures. Regular pay, which excludes bonuses, grew at an annual pace of 5.2% between August and October, the Office for National

Government borrowing was much higher than expected in October, as debt interest payments hit a record high and public sector pay rises contributed to higher spending. Borrowing – the difference between spending and tax take – stood at £17.4bn last

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has defended increasing taxes for employers in last week’s Budget while saying she is “not immune” to the criticism she has received. However, she said money had to be raised in order to put public finances on

Summer sales by retailers trying to shift stock helped shop prices to fall this month for the first time in nearly three years, research suggests. Prices in August were down 0.3% from a year ago, the first such fall since