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By Suban Abdulla and Natalie Thomas DURSLEY, England (Reuters) – In early December Rebecca Kaya was celebrating after she and her Kurdish husband Baran finally hit their savings goal to qualify for a British visa so the couple could move from Icmeler in Turkey to Britain. A few days later Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hiked …

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(Reuters) – British foreign minister David Cameron will travel to Jordan and Egypt this week to push for a sustainable ceasefire and further humanitarian pauses in Gaza, the foreign office said on Wednesday. Cameron, on his second visit to the region, will travel with Britain’s Minister of State for the Middle East Tariq Ahmad and …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Pay awards from British employers remained at their highest sustained level in more than 30 years in the three months to the end of November but there were some signs they could cool slightly in 2024, human resources information provider XpertHR said on Wednesday. In the public sector, median pay deals held …

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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces another challenging vote to fill a vacant seat in parliament after a lawmaker was removed on Tuesday over claims he bullied an employee and committed sexual misconduct. A parliamentary watchdog found that Peter Bone, who had been a member of parliament for almost two decades, had …

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By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will not take action against Odey Asset Management (OAM), the fund manager that closed this year after a string of sexual misconduct allegations by women against its founder Crispin Odey. In an investor letter seen by Reuters on Tuesday, OAM noted the regulator’s decision …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Bank of England Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden said on Tuesday she had no pre-determined path for interest rates in mind but that it would be important for policy to stay at restrictive levels to keep inflation pressure in check. In her first speech since joining the Monetary Policy Committee in November, Breeden said …

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BELFAST (Reuters) – The British government on Tuesday offered Northern Ireland political parties additional budget funding if an agreement is reached to re-establish the region’s power-sharing government. Northern Ireland has been without a government for almost two years after the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) walked out in protest over Britain’s attempts to settle post-Brexit trade …

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By Ron Bousso and Sarah McFarlane LONDON (Reuters) – BP’s board has short-listed interim CEO Murray Auchincloss and two senior female executives as internal candidates to replace Bernard Looney as chief executive, three company and industry sources told Reuters. BP was thrown into turmoil after Looney resigned on Sept. 12 for failing to disclose relationships …

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By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – In Britain, a Christmas trip to the food aisles of Marks & Spencer is as much a treat as presents under the tree, with millions of shoppers ditching their regular supermarket to buy one in four of the fresh turkeys sold over the festive period.     The challenge the …

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