LONDON (Reuters) -Train drivers in Britain will take strike action next month, including a six-day overtime ban, across 16 rail companies in a long-running dispute over pay, the ASLEF trade union said on Wednesday. ASLEF said drivers at different rail companies will walk out on either April 5, 6 and 8. “Our members voted overwhelmingly …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s data watchdog said it was looking into a report that staff at the hospital where Kate, Princess of Wales, underwent abdominal surgery in January, had attempted to access her private health records. The report in the Daily Mirror said managers at The London Clinic, where King Charles was also treated in …
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(Reuters) – Britain’s sports minister Lucy Frazer has said all sporting bodies in the country should look carefully at their rules on transgender athletes competing in women’s sports to ensure fairness. Global governing bodies for cricket, cycling, athletics, swimming and chess have tightened their participation rules for transgender players in elite women’s competitions over the …
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has written to financial advisors to demand reviews on how they provide retirement income advice, following an assessment of good practice in the industry in line with its Consumer Duty rules. The watchdog said on Wednesday it had identified some examples where firms were not taking account …
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By Panu Wongcha-um NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand (Reuters) – Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Cameron on Wednesday said it was vital for a pause in fighting between Israel and militant group Hamas to enable the release of hostages in Gaza, but a lot of conditions first needed to be met for a lasting ceasefire. Speaking to Reuters …
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By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s advertising regulator has upheld a complaint from supermarket group Sainsbury’s that German-owned discounter Aldi’s ad comparing the prices of their Christmas dinners was misleading. Sainsbury’s is the second largest supermarket group after Tesco in Britain’s 230 billion pound ($293 billion) grocery market, while Aldi is No. 4. Aldi …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British employers lowered their forecasts for the pay awards they will make in 2024, a survey showed on Wednesday, adding to signs of easing inflation pressure a day before the Bank of England announces its latest interest rate decision. The median pay forecast for British companies fell to 4% in the latest …
UK employers cut forecasts for pay deals to 4% this year, XpertHR says Read More »
By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – The British government’s decision to reduce the use of hotels to house asylum seekers by moving them to sites such as military bases will end up costing taxpayers more money, parliament’s spending watchdog said on Wednesday. Thousands of asylum seekers arrive on England’s southern coast in small, inflatable boats …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The first person convicted of cyberflashing in England and Wales was sentenced to 66 weeks in prison on Tuesday, prosecutors said, after he sent unsolicited explicit photos of his genitals over WhatsApp. Nicholas Hawkes, 39, pleaded guilty to two counts of “sending a photograph or film of genitals to cause alarm, distress …
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By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Prince William said his wife “needs to be sat here” during a visit to northern England on Tuesday, a day after the first footage emerged of his wife Kate since her surgery two months ago which showed the royal looking fit and healthy. Kate, 42, has been the focus of …
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