By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Friday the government would look to tighten rules for long-term sick leave in a bid to reverse a rise in the number of Britons who have permanently dropped out of the workforce. Labour force participation among working-age Britons is its lowest since 2015, …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he would not speculate on reports Israel had carried out an attack on Iranian soil on Friday. “It’s a developing situation, it wouldn’t be right for me to speculate until the facts become clearer and we’re working to confirm the details together with allies,” Sunak said. …
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By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) -British retail sales stagnated in March despite high inflation easing recently, representing the first time that they have not grown in monthly terms since December, the Office for National Statistics said on Friday. Economists polled by Reuters had mostly forecast sales volumes would increase by 0.3% on the month. But …
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(This April 18 story has been corrected to specify that net inflows refers to its platform business, and clarifies growth figures in its assets under management, in paragraph 3) LONDON (Reuters) – AJ Bell reported record assets under administration of 80.3 billion pounds ($100.23 billion) on Thursday, up 5% in the three months to end-March …
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By William Schomberg, Sumanta Sen and Pasit Kongkunakornkul LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s national election, expected later this year, will take place against a backdrop of persistently slow economic growth, high public debt and little room to increase spending for whoever wins power unless they raise taxes. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promises voters that a recovery …
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(Reuters) -FA Cup replays will be scrapped from the first round next season as part of a six-year agreement with the Premier League to strengthen the domestic competition, the Football Association (FA) announced on Thursday. The FA added that all FA Cup rounds will be played on weekends from next term, with the fourth and …
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By Will Dunham (Reuters) – A fossil jawbone found by a British girl and her father on a beach in Somerset, England belongs to a gigantic marine reptile dating to 202 million years ago that appears to have been among the largest animals ever on Earth. Researchers said on Wednesday the bone, called a surangular, …
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WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will soon host the British prime minister in Poland, Tusk told reporters Thursday evening as European countries eye initiatives to improve their air defences. Poland, which borders Ukraine, has already seen missiles enter its airspace and is now considering joining the European Sky Shield Initiative air defence …
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By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) -Former Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell has been charged with embezzlement of funds from her pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP), media reported on Thursday. The development will put the SNP, which has dominated Scottish politics for most of the last two decades, under fresh scrutiny ahead of a …
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(Reuters) – Drug shortages in the UK more than doubled between 2020 and 2023 with Brexit likely to “significantly weaken” the country’s ability to tackle supply chain snags, according to a report published by the Nuffield Trust think-tank on Thursday. The research found drug companies issued 1,643 warnings of impending medicine shortages in 2023, compared …
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