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LONDON (Reuters) – Sterling rose against the dollar on Monday as traders geared up for a busy week of data releases and central bank meetings including at the Bank of England (BoE). At 1138 GMT, sterling was up 0.24% against the dollar at $1.2578. The BoE will meet on Thursday for its final policy meeting …

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By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces the most dangerous moment of his premiership this week, when he is due to appear before a COVID-19 inquiry and must win a crunch vote in parliament on his plan to revive a policy to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. Just over a year …

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LONDON (Reuters) – The British government said on Monday it was creating an enforcement unit to increase its power to crack down on companies evading Russian sanctions. The Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI) will be responsible for the civil enforcement of trade sanctions, investigating potential breaches, issuing penalties and referring cases for criminal enforcement.  …

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By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – Average asking prices for newly listed houses and apartments in the UK fell by 1.9% in December, more than the historic average decline for the final month of the year, figures from property website Rightmove showed on Monday. Prices were 1.1% lower than a year earlier, the data showed. …

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LONDON (Reuters) – A photograph of Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla newly crowned in Buckingham Palace after their coronation has been chosen for the royal couple’s Christmas card, Buckingham Palace said on Saturday. Charles was crowned king in May, eight months after he ascended to the throne, in a majestic ceremony at London’s Westminster …

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By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) -Liverpool climbed atop the Premier League after Mo Salah scored his 200th goal for the club in a 2-1 win at Crystal Palace on Saturday before Aston Villa beat Arsenal 1-0 for a 15th straight home league win to stop the Gunners retaking first place. Storm clouds returned to Manchester …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Prince Harry on Friday lost his attempt to have the Mail on Sunday newspaper’s defence to his libel lawsuit thrown out, meaning the British royal is likely to give evidence again at London’s High Court next year. Harry, King Charles’ younger son, sued publisher Associated Newspapers last year over a 2022 article which …

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By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party on Friday launched a review to “unleash” the financial sector to boost growth, as it readies for an election expected next year which polls predict it will win. Labour’s financial services spokesperson Tulip Siddiq said finance is one of Britain’s “greatest assets”, and that the …

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LONDON (Reuters) – London’s City Hall said on Friday that an explosion which damaged a camera used to enforce the British capital’s clean air zone was a “reckless act” that could have led to fatalities. The expansion of the city’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) in August has been contentious, and hundreds of cameras used …

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