The UK's rate of inflation held steady at 3.8% in the 12 months to August, the Office for National Statistics has announced.

This was the level that most economists had been expecting, although the cost of the weekly food shop continues to rise. The ...

A Russian television station backed by state gas monopoly Gazprom has ridiculed the fuel crisis gripping the UK, comparing it to food queues during the Soviet era. “The few petrol stations that still ...