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Boris Johnson under pressure after crushing UK election defeats

By Alistair Smout, Elizabeth Piper and Andrew MacAskill LONDON/KIGALI (Reuters) -Boris Johnson’s Con...

24th June, 2022

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Pressure mounts on UK’s Boris Johnson after crushing election defeats

By Alistair Smout, Elizabeth Piper and Andrew MacAskill LONDON/KIGALI (Reuters) -Boris Johnson’s Con...

24th June, 2022

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UK publishes review of anti-money laundering regime

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s finance ministry published on Friday a review of the country’s anti-mon...

24th June, 2022

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Britain’s Asda supermarket says shoppers buy less, seek cheaper items

LONDON (Reuters) – About two fifths of customers at Britain’s Asda supermarkets are buying less and...

24th June, 2022

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Pound gets a lift from smaller retail sales decline, weak dollar

By Lucy Raitano LONDON (Reuters) – Sterling edged up against the dollar on Friday and was set for it...

24th June, 2022

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Defensive stocks lead rebound in FTSE 100

By Boleslaw Lasocki (Reuters) -UK’s FTSE 100 rose on Friday, lifted by defensive stocks at the end o...

24th June, 2022

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European retail shares slide to lowest since outbreak of COVID crisis in 2020

LONDON (Reuters) – European retail stocks fell on Friday to their lowest level since the onset of th...

24th June, 2022

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Britons, shaken by cost-of-living squeeze, cut back on shopping

By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -British consumers cut back on shopping in May in the face of...

24th June, 2022

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Analysis: UK’s Brexit woes threaten another flagship policy – levelling-up

By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) – Dashed hopes, so far at least, that Brexit would tilt Britain’s eco...

23rd June, 2022

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UK’s Johnson steps back from row with Prince Charles over Rwanda policy

By Andrew MacAskill KIGALI (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson moved away from a confro...

23rd June, 2022

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UK PM Johnson rejects resignation talk before elections

KIGALI (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson dismissed as “crazy” the suggestion he might...

23rd June, 2022

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UK PM Johnson’s Conservatives brace for by-election setback

By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – Boris Johnson’s Conservative party faces voters in two very dif...

23rd June, 2022