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By Zainab Elhaj and Will Russell STRAIT OF DOVER (Reuters) – Dozens of people in two rubber dinghies reached the southern coast of England on Saturday, the latest among thousands of asylum-seeking migrants to make the risky sea crossing from France this year. Bobbing on the waves of the English Channel on a clear morning, …

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LONDON (Reuters) – King Charles and other senior British royals are to relinquish patronages of almost 200 charities and organisations after a review of their association with more than 1,000 groups, Buckingham Palace said on Saturday. The review was launched following the death of Queen Elizabeth to examine all the charities and bodies to which …

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By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s latest climate action plan is unlawful because ministers were not told of the risk that key policies could not be delivered, London’s High Court ruled on Friday, in a further challenge for Britain as it navigates the move towards net zero. The court’s judgment – that carbon budgets set …

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LONDON (Reuters) – A 790 million-pound ($992 million) mass lawsuit against major European power cable suppliers over claims a cartel led to inflated electricity charges for British consumers can proceed to trial, a London tribunal has ruled. The case seeking damages from Italy’s Prysmian, France’s Nexans and Denmark’s NKT for around 30 million consumers in …

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(Reuters) – Strikes at Heathrow Airport over proposed plans to outsource hundreds of roles are suspended for two days for last-minute talks, British labour union Unite said on Friday. The industrial action set to take place on May 7-8 has been called off after discussions with the officials of Britain’s busiest airport, the union said. …

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By Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) – Celebrations by Britain’s Labour over local election victories were tempered on Friday by concerns that Muslim voters had turned against the opposition party over Gaza, a trend that could hamper its fortunes at a national poll this year. Labour leader Keir Starmer has struggled to bring his party with …

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By Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) -HSBC has no current plans to sell more assets, its chairman Mark Tucker said on Friday at the annual shareholder meeting of the bank, which has scaled back its presence in Western markets in recent years as part of a sweeping overhaul. HSBC shareholders met in London days after the …

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By Michael Holden and Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) -Human rights group Asylum Aid said on Friday it had launched a legal challenge against the British government’s policy of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda, which Prime Minister Rishi Sunak aims to launch within weeks. Parliament passed a law last month to pave the way for Britain …

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By Joice Alves LONDON (Reuters) – Sterling rose on Friday against a weakening dollar ahead of U.S. jobs data due later in the day, while local elections in Britain have left the currency undisturbed. Markets are focusing on U.S. nonfarm payrolls data due at 1230 GMT for clues on when the Federal Reserve might cut …

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