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The new £50 note sends a patriotic message to British innovators and entrepreneurs remembering “what this country was built on.”

The UK’s economy grew last quarter that surprised economists and politicians alike, but the same figures warned Britain is heading for dismal final quarter.

Britain's inflation rate has risen to 5.2 per cent, the highest level for three years.

Consumer Spending Plunge as British GDP Growth Revised Down to 0.1%. Britain’s economic growth in the second quarter of 2011 has been unexpectedly revised down to 0.1 per cent.

The Bank of England will introduce next month a new £50 banknote, featuring the renowned 18th-century business partnership of entrepreneur Matthew Boulton and engineer James Watt.

A weak global economy will put downward pressure on Britain's high rate of inflation and as a result the sterling will have to remain weak, according the newest policymaker at the Bank of England Ben Broadbent.

Inflation figures released Tuesday show that UK inflation has reached a three year high thanks to a huge rise in the cost of both utility and food bills.

In his memior, Former Chancellor Alastair Darling accuses Gordon Brown of being a “brutal and volcanic” prime minister who undermined.

Vince Cable has denounced bankers as being 'ingenuous' and manipulative of the current economic turmoil. As increasing volatility and outstanding public debt become the focal points for a tottering economy, Cable asserts that it is absolutely, "disingenuous in the extreme to use the current context to argue against reform. Banks are in a way trying to create a panic around something, which they know has got to happen."

UK unemployment claims increased the most in two years adding pressure on UK Prime Minster David Cameron and Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne to rethink the speed at which they plan public sector cuts.

The Guardian has revealed that the latest inflation figures released on Tuesday will see rail fares rise by 8 percent.

UK Growth figures show that the economy grew between April and June with growth at 0.2 per cent in the last three months. The weak figure from the Office for National Statistics will put pressure on the government to boost growth. Chancellor George Osborne has said that the government will stick to its economic plan "in a world of very great uncertainty." There will now be growing calls from the shadow chancellor, Ed Balls, to adopt a plan B amid fears that the UK can't support the defi...

Eurozone leaders will meet in Brussels today to discuss a deal to save both the Euro and the Greek economy

Shares in British banks were broadly down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading ahead of interest rate decisions from the Bank of England and the European Central Bank.

It will soon be that time of the month again. Yes next week the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee will meet to determine interest rates, or to be more precise determine to hold interest rates.

British economic growth is likely to be less impressive than previously thought, according to the British Chambers of Commerce, who today published their revised growth projections for this year and the next.

Shares in British banks were mixed on the FTSE 100 in morning trading as ratings agencies threatened a downgrade while simultaneously hammering the eurozone.

John Hayes, the Minister of State for Further Education, seems to have lifted entire chunks from Wikipedia for a speech in the House of Commons.

The Office for National Statistics is expected to release United Kingdom inflation data for April that will show a rise in the rate of inflation.

The Bank of England is expected to release its quarterly inflation report tomorrow and the expectations are that, for the fourth time in a row, the BoE will be revising up its inflation forecast while maintaining a commitment to low interest rates.

The latest minutes of the meeting of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee revealed that the MPC was once again split on keeping interest rates at the historic low of 0.5 per cent.