By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s decision to suspend some arms sales to Israel was roundly criticised on Tuesday with some British politicians and Jewish groups accusing the Labour government of abandoning Israel, while others said the decision did not go far enough. The reaction to the government’s decision to block 30 of its …
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By Aby Jose Koilparambil (Reuters) – Top UK homebuilders Vistry and Barratt will likely strike a cautiously optimistic tone on demand recovery when they report earnings this week as interest rates ease and government policy reforms take shape. The homebuilders are expected to benefit from increased affordability due to declining mortgage rates and volume growth …
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By Catarina Demony and Will Russell LONDON (Reuters) – Seven years on, Shah Aghlani still remembers clearly the call in the middle of the night from his distressed aunt who was trapped with his disabled mother in a 23-storey social housing block in west London that was on fire. The two women in their late …
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By Khushi Singh (Reuters) -The UK’s benchmark FTSE 100 tumbled on Tuesday to the lowest levels in over a week, hurt by a steep sell-off in commodity-linked stocks over lower metal and crude prices. The blue-chip FTSE 100 index ended 0.8% lower, its biggest one-day decline in two weeks. The domestically focused mid-cap FTSE 250 …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has been refused permission to appeal against a ruling that it only opened a corruption probe into Kazakh mining group ENRC because of its own wrongdoing, leaving the watchdog facing a hefty damages bill. London’s High Court ruled in December that ENRC was entitled to millions of pounds …
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(Reuters) -England test head coach Brendon McCullum will also take charge of their white-ball teams from January next year, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Tuesday. The 42-year-old former New Zealand captain will replace Matthew Mott, who stepped down following England’s T20 World Cup semi-final exit against eventual champions India in June. …
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By Jonathan Cable LONDON (Reuters) – British home prices will make solid gains in the next two years, outpacing overall inflation, but affordability for first-time buyers is likely to improve based on expectations for lower borrowing costs, a Reuters poll of housing market experts forecast. Those saving for a cash deposit and wanting to get …
LONDON (Reuters) – The pound eased on Tuesday, edging lower against both the dollar and the euro, as investors booked some profit on sterling’s largest monthly rally in 10 months ahead of a key read of the U.S. jobs market later this week. Data on Tuesday showed summery weather in August helped boost UK consumer …
By Michael Holden and William James LONDON (Reuters) -Britain will immediately suspend 30 of its 350 arms export licences with Israel because there was a risk such equipment might be used to commit serious violations of international humanitarian law, foreign minister David Lammy said on Monday. Lammy said the decision to suspend the licences did …
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(Reuters) – British consumer spending increased modestly in annual terms during August, fuelled by spending on food and drink during summery weather, according to surveys on Tuesday that added to signs of steady economic growth in the second half of 2024. Barclays said consumer spending on its credit and debit cards rose by 1.0% year-on-year …
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