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By Jonathan Cable LONDON (Reuters) – British home prices will flatline this year, a better performance than expected three months ago, buoyed by supply constraints and expected interest rate cuts later in the year, a Reuters poll found. After a slowdown, Britain’s property sector has picked up in recent months as mortgage interest rates have …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will on Thursday launch a drive to boost childhood vaccination rates, health authorities said, seeking an “urgent reversal” to a fall in uptake as the country faces a worsening measles outbreak. Routine childhood immunisations in Britain for diseases including measles, mumps and rubella, diphtheria and polio, have been falling gradually over …

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(Reuters) – Britain’s car production jumped 21% over the year earlier in January, marking the fifth straight month of growth, helped by firm demand and easing supply chain issues, industry data showed on Thursday. A total of 82,997 units rolled out of factory lines in the country last month, compared with 68,575 units a year …

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By Stefania Spezzati LONDON (Reuters) – UK regulators eased capital demands on Nomura Holdings Inc. that had been place after it lost $2.9 billion on fund Archegos, according to two people with knowledge of the matter, freeing up the firm from a punitive measure that curbed risk-taking. The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), the Bank of …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is descending into “mob rule” and police will do more to protect the country’s democracy, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Wednesday, after the government announced extra funding to keep lawmakers safe. Many British lawmakers have said the abuse directed at them has become more intense since the Oct. 7 Hamas …

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By Sam Tobin and Kirstin Ridley LONDON (Reuters) – British businesswoman Amanda Staveley on Wednesday asked a London court to dismiss a 36 million pound-plus ($45.5 million) claim brought against her by Greek shipping magnate Victor Restis, who she says is seeking to push her into bankruptcy. Staveley, who owns 10% of Newcastle United football …

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By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) – Britain unlawfully gave police wider powers to impose conditions on peaceful protests which cause “more than minor” disruption to the public, lawyers for a civil rights organisation told a London court on Wednesday. Human rights group Liberty is taking on the government over changes to public order laws made …

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