By Michael Holden and Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – The centre-left Labour Party’s crushing victory in the British election stands in stark contrast to recent gains by the far right across Europe. But the party’s triumph was not so much a rejection of populism by voters, but rather an echo of the same disenchantment with …
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By Sinead Cruise and Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Labour’s landslide election win shows few signs of unsettling London’s financial heartland after the party’s lengthy pro-business overtures, though many in finance remain wary they could be targeted to prop up Britain’s stretched public finances further down the line. Under leader Keir Starmer, the Labour Party …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Jeremy Hunt held on to his parliamentary seat in southern England on Friday, fending off a fierce challenge from the smaller Liberal Democrat party. Hunt, a Conservative lawmaker who was also health secretary and foreign secretary during 11 years at the top of government, had been tipped to be …
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By Amanda Ferguson BELFAST (Reuters) -Irish nationalists Sinn Fein became Northern Ireland’s largest party in the British parliament for the first time on Friday, capitalising on a poor election for its main unionist rival to cross another milestone in a campaign to end British rule. The party overtook the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), whose losses …
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LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak conceded defeat in the national election on Friday, saying the opposition Labour Party had won. “The Labour Party has won this general election and I have called Sir Keir Starmer to congratulate him on his victory,” Sunak said after winning his parliamentary seat in northern England. “Today, power …
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By Harry Robertson LONDON (Reuters) -A bond market crisis that rocked Britain’s economy two years ago cast a long shadow over the country’s election and will linger as Keir Starmer’s Labour government finds its feet after a landslide election win. Spooked by plans to slash taxes in September 2022 by the ruling Conservative Party’s then-Prime …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Keir Starmer will be Britain’s next prime minister with his Labour Party set to win a massive majority in a parliamentary election, an exit poll on Thursday indicated, while Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives are forecast to suffer historic losses. Sterling was little moved, with traders having widely anticipated a Labour victory. It traded …
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By Toby Davis LONDON (Reuters) – Friendships were put to one side and rivalries rekindled as a battle of Britain raged at Wimbledon on Thursday with old-hand Cameron Norrie overcoming young pretender Jack Draper and a teary Harriet Dart outlasting Katie Boulter. Not since Andy Murray’s heyday have British fans arrived at the All England …
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By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) -Britons were voting on Thursday in a parliamentary election that is expected to bring Keir Starmer’s Labour Party to power, sweeping away Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives after 14 often turbulent years. Opinion polls put Starmer’s centre-left party on course for a landslide victory but also suggest many voters simply …
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(Reuters) -Cinema chain operator Cineworld Group wants to close roughly a quarter of its 100 sites in the UK and negotiate rent reductions at another 50 as part of a radical restructuring, Sky News reported on Thursday. The restructuring comes after Cineworld’s massive debt forced the group to file for administration in Britain last year …
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