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UK seeks to extend ban on bottom trawling fishing in English seas

LONDON (Reuters) -The British government said on Monday it planned to extend a ban on bottom trawlin...

8th June, 2025

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Bank of England is 'not sanguine' about inflation hump, Greene says

DUBROVNIK, Croatia (Reuters) -The Bank of England still expects the ongoing rise in UK inflation to...

7th June, 2025

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Sterling set to end week higher with spending plans in focus

By Johann M Cherian (Reuters) -Sterling was on track to finish the week higher on Friday, supported...

6th June, 2025

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UK to end ban on retail investors buying crypto exchange-traded notes

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's financial regulator is to remove a ban on consumers buying crypto exchan...

6th June, 2025

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UK government to set out $3 trillion make-or-break spending plan

By David Milliken and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rachel Reeves will...

6th June, 2025

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UK house prices slid in May following stamp duty tax hike, Halifax says

(Reuters) -British house prices fell by more than expected in May following an increase in property...

6th June, 2025

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London stocks advance after US jobs data quells slowdown worries

(Reuters) - London shares remained nearly flat on Friday as investors adopted a wait-and-see approac...

6th June, 2025

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In surprise victory, UK's Labour wins Scottish by-election after racism row

By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour Party won a surpr...

6th June, 2025

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Britain urged to lower energy costs ahead of industrial strategy

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's first industrial strategy for eight years will be undermined unless the...

5th June, 2025

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UK's Reeves says economy is turning a corner but public restless

LONDON (Reuters) -More upbeat business surveys as well as strong first-quarter gross domestic produc...

5th June, 2025

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Mining stocks boost UK's FTSE 100, midcaps hit turbulence

(Reuters) -Britain's benchmark FTSE 100 closed a shade higher on Thursday with mining stocks leading...

5th June, 2025

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Chairman of UK's right-wing Reform party resigns

LONDON (Reuters) -Zia Yusuf, the chairman of Britain's right-wing Reform UK party, has resigned, he...

5th June, 2025