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London's FTSE 100 climbs as miners, defence outperform in data-heavy week
Dec 19 (Reuters) - UK stocks paused on Friday near multi-week highs as weakness in homebuilder share...
19th December, 2025
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UK competition watchdog to probe AB Foods' Hovis purchase
Dec 19 (Reuters) - Britain's competition regulator will investigate Associated British Foods' deal t...
19th December, 2025
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How is Britain's government doing on its housing targets?
By Suban Abdulla and Pasit Kongkunakornkul LONDON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Britain's government is strugg...
19th December, 2025
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UK retailers report fall in sales ahead of Christmas, CBI says
LONDON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - British retailers have reported a pre-Christmas slump in sales and they a...
19th December, 2025
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UK imposes sanctions on perpetrators of violence against Syrian civilians
LONDON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Britain imposed sanctions on Friday on individuals and organisations it s...
19th December, 2025
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Sterling hits 17-year high against yen as traders overlook rate divergence
By Amanda Cooper LONDON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - The pound held steady against the euro and the dollar on...
19th December, 2025
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UK consumers reined in their shopping in run-up to budget
LONDON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - British retail sales unexpectedly fell by 0.1% in November from October,...
19th December, 2025
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UK budget pain persists with bigger-than-expected deficit in November
LONDON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Britain's government borrowed 11.7 billion pounds ($15.64 billion) in Nov...
19th December, 2025
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UK consumer sentiment rises to joint-highest of year, GfK says
LONDON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - British consumer confidence edged up in December to its joint-highest lev...
19th December, 2025
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UK car production steadies as JLR recovers and Nissan launches EV production
Dec 19 (Reuters) - British car production fell 1.7% in November to 63,126 units, industry data showe...
19th December, 2025
Finance
Bank of England's Bailey sees inflation near 2% target by May
LONDON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - British inflation looks on course to return to close to its 2% target by...
18th December, 2025
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UK pauses trials of Ajax in new setback for army fighting vehicle
LONDON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Britain said it was pausing all trials of the Ajax fighting vehicle, the...
18th December, 2025