By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – British Foreign Secretary David Cameron promised three billion pounds ($3.74 billion) of annual military aid for Ukraine for “as long as it takes” on Thursday, adding that London had no objection to the weapons being used inside Russia. “We will give three billion pounds every year for as long …
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(Reuters) – Goldman Sachs has removed the cap on bonuses for its top bankers in the UK, according to a source familiar with the matter, months after the country axed the policy it had inherited from the European Union. The cap sprung from a 2014 move by the EU, which the UK exited six years …
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LONDON (Reuters) -British supermarket Asda has refinanced over 3.2 billion pounds ($4.0 billion) of debt, pushing out the majority of its maturities into the next decade, it said on Friday. Asda, the UK’s third largest grocer, is owned by brothers Zuber and Mohsin Issa and private equity firm TDR Capital. The supermarket has been burdened …
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LONDON (Reuters) -British police arrested 45 people on Thursday during a protest in London against the transfer of asylum seekers staying in a hotel to a barge off southern England. Dozens of protesters outside the hotel in Peckham, southeast London, attempted to stop a bus carrying the asylum seekers from leaving, reportedly deflating its tyres …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Former British prime minister Boris Johnson, who introduced a contentious requirement for voters to show photo ID while voting, was turned away from a polling station on Thursday for forgetting to bring his. British media reported that Johnson, who quit in 2022 following a scandal-ridden premiership, was initially turned away at a …
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By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) -The boss of Britain’s financial watchdog will be called to explain in parliament why he has not paused work on the regulator’s ‘naming and shaming’ proposals, the group of UK lawmakers that had requested the break said on Thursday. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed naming companies it is …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The trunk of a small family car temporarily became a polling station in eastern England on Thursday as election officials wheeled out the unusual solution when they were unable to access the official voting location. Britain is voting to elect local and regional officials in what is seen as a chance to …
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By Ludwig Burger (Reuters) – Online pharmacies and slimming clinics are cutting prices for Wegovy and Mounjaro in Britain just months after the weight-loss drugs were launched there, as initial supply shortages ease. But growing competition between retailers has raised fears that some patients who buy the drugs themselves, rather than relying on the National …
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By Deborah Mary Sophia (Reuters) – CNH Industrial cut its annual profit forecast and warned of steeper declines in farming equipment sales on Thursday, as a global agriculture downturn squeezes demand for its tractors and combines. Dwindling farm incomes as crop prices moderate and higher borrowing costs are forcing a rethink on big-ticket purchases, setting …
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By Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) -Scottish National Party (SNP) veteran John Swinney became the clear frontrunner to become Scotland’s next leader on Thursday after a potential opponent ruled herself out of the contest and backed him. The SNP is looking for a new leader following the resignation of Humza Yousaf as party chief and Scotland’s …
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