Finance
Sterling slides on Starmer crisis and rate cut bets
LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The pound dropped against the euro and slipped versus the dollar on Monday...
9th February, 2026
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Finance
UK jobs downturn abates slightly, starting pay stronger, REC/KPMG say
LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Starting salaries for permanent staff in Britain showed their biggest rise...
9th February, 2026
Headlines
UK PM Starmer's top aide McSweeney quits over Mandelson-Epstein scandal
LONDON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's chief of staff Morgan McSweeney has...
8th February, 2026
Headlines
Pressure grows on British Prime Minister Starmer over Mandelson fallout
LONDON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - A senior minister faced questions about British Prime Minister Keir Starme...
8th February, 2026
Headlines
UK police search properties in probe into Mandelson over Epstein ties
LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - British police searched two addresses in relation to an investigation into...
6th February, 2026
Finance
Bank of England needs to look beyond upcoming dip in inflation, Pill says
LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Bank of England Chief Economist Huw Pill said on Friday that there was a r...
6th February, 2026
Finance
Markets expect UK interest rates to bottom out at 3.0% in Q1 2027, BoE survey shows
LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Investors polled by the Bank of England expect the central bank to steadil...
6th February, 2026
Finance
Sterling recovers some BoE-led losses, politics loom large
By Amanda Cooper LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The pound rose on Friday, recovering some of the previous...
6th February, 2026
Finance
UK house prices rise by most since November 2024, Halifax says
LONDON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - British house prices rose 0.7% in January, leaving them 1.0% higher than a...
6th February, 2026
Finance
Lidl GB follows Aldi UK and Sainsbury’s with above‑inflation pay rise
LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Lidl GB on Friday became the latest UK supermarket to lift pay for its sto...
6th February, 2026
Headlines
Analysis-Once feted Mandelson becomes nightmare for weakened UK PM Starmer
By Elizabeth Piper, Andrew MacAskill and Alistair Smout LONDON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Kei...
5th February, 2026
Finance
British firms' wage growth expectations cool slightly, BoE Survey shows
LONDON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - British companies' expectations for wage growth in the year ahead cooled a...
5th February, 2026