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EXCLUSIVE: Information given to the Irish Mirror show that of the eight Ministers that flew business class, half were Ministers of State. Several Junior Ministers flew business class while their Department's Cabinet Minister was in economy.

What you need to know… On Friday the Labor Department reported March nonfarm payrolls, which showed that the U.S. economy added 236,000 jobs, which was near the 238,000 expectation. The unemployment rate ticked lower to 3.5% from 3.6%. The U.S. stock markets were closed on Friday in honor of the...

The latest jobs report is in, and the good news is Federal Reserve policy on inflation appears to be working. The bad news is Fed policy on inflation appears to be working.

More than a year after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, changes in global trading flows have transformed the world economy. Western sanctions against Moscow have forced Russia to rely on different partners – China and India in particular. To help us make sense of these developments and what they mean,…

The jobs report showed the lowest level of hiring in more than two years.

Despite its historic reputation as a centre of education, power and wealth, Cambridge is the UK’s most unequal city. Like the rest of the country, many of its residents are suffering greatly from the nation's cost-of-living crisis but none more so than women and children. This as the number of…

The lower job numbers come as a hot labour market cools down amid increasing interest rates

The Dutch coalition government survived a no-confidence vote on April 5. But its problems are far from over – with pressure from the farmers' movement causing tensions inside the coalition. The pro-farmers' BBB party made a breakthrough in the provincial elections in March, rattling the political establishment. Farmers are calling…

March saw fewer jobs added to economy compared with February as effects of Fed’s interest rate increases are felt

The numbers were roughly in line with what economists expected.

An extra £88 a month (£1,000 a year): that’s what millions of us are going to have to start paying this “awful April”, as people are calling it, said George Nixon in The Times. It will come in the form of rising bills for energy, phone, water, broadband and council…