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LONDON (Reuters) – Marks & Spencer’s food retail business built on 2023’s strong sales momentum in the early weeks of the new year, UK industry data showed on Tuesday. Market researcher NIQ said M&S’s grocery sales rose 11.6% in the 12 weeks to Jan. 27 year-on-year, second only to German-owned discounter Lidl, where sales rose …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s minister for Northern Ireland, Chris Heaton-Harris, will travel to Washington to discuss the restoration of the province’s devolved government with U.S. lawmakers and market its economic potential, his department said on Tuesday. Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom and shares a border with Ireland, on Saturday appointed its …

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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he was shocked and saddened by King Charles’ cancer diagnosis, adding he was in regular contact with the king and that would continue during his treatment. “I’m in regular contact with him, as I always am, and that will absolutely continue,” Sunak told BBC Radio on …

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(Reuters) -British challenger bank Virgin Money UK retained its annual profit margin forecast on Tuesday and said it had seen improvement in the mortgage market activity, with application volumes closer to pre-pandemic levels last month. Balances in mortgage, its biggest business, dropped about 0.7% in the first quarter ended Dec. 31 to 57.11 billion pounds …

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By Andy Bruce CREWE, England (Reuters) – A grand project to help revitalise the railway town of Crewe lies buried under mounds of earth, serving as a bleak warning for Britain’s Conservatives and their fight to retain power. The large building site at the centre of the town in northwest England was supposed to be …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s King Charles has been diagnosed with a form of cancer, Buckingham Palace said on Monday. Following are reactions to the announcement. BRITISH PRIME MINISTER RISHI SUNAK “Wishing His Majesty a full and speedy recovery. I have no doubt he’ll be back to full strength in no time and I know the …

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By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -Bank of England (BoE) Chief Economist Huw Pill said on Monday that the question now for most of the central bank’s policymakers was when it would be appropriate to begin to cut interest rates, not if. Pill was among the six members of the bank’s Monetary Policy Committee who voted …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s King Charles has been diagnosed with a form of cancer and will postpone public-facing duties, Buckingham Palace said in a statement on Monday. The full text of the statement is below: “During The King’s recent hospital procedure for benign prostate enlargement, a separate issue of concern was noted. Subsequent diagnostic tests …

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