The claim: Immigration has held down wages in the UK. Reality Check verdict: Current research suggests there was a small, negative impact on the wages of low-skilled workers, which was outweighed by other factors such…

Image copyright Getty Images UK retail sales fell by more than expected in December after consumers brought forward their Christmas shopping to November, the Office for National Statistics has said. Sales volumes fell by 0.9%,…

Image caption The factory employs 732 workers in Melksham A tyre company has confirmed 300 workers at its Wiltshire factory will lose their jobs. US firm Cooper Tire and Rubber Company will stop light vehicle…

Corn Flakes are the world’s most popular breakfast food. But did you know they were invented by a penny-pinching American doctor who thought they’d be the cure for sex mania? Aaron Heslehurst explains how they…

Image copyright Getty Images The Financial Conduct Authority, which regulates the country’s biggest firms, has revealed it pays its male staff a fifth more than its female staff. The watchdog’s median gender pay gap was…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The fact that President Trump’s limousine is a Cadillac is said to have helped the US carmaker’s sales in China If you’re selling Cadillacs in China, it helps that…

Image copyright PA The UK inflation rate fell to 2.1% in December, from 2.3% the previous month, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) figure was the lowest in…

Image copyright AFP Chancellor Philip Hammond has raised the possibility of an extension to Article 50, the process by which the UK is due to exit the EU. In a call with business leaders on…

President Trump has said the US will “devastate Turkey economically” if Ankara decides to attack Kurdish groups in Syria. Mr Trump was referring to his plan to pull US forces out of Syria, where they…