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UK employers curb hiring and pay rises before budget, recruiters say

10 Oct 2025

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s hiring market remains sluggish and pay is stagnating with employers worried about possible further tax increases in finance minister Rachel Reeves’ November budget, according to a survey of recruitment firms published on Friday. The Recruitment and Employment Confederation’s data for September showed further sharp falls in hiring although the drop in new …

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King Charles and son William throw weight behind upcoming COP summit

10 Oct 2025

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s King Charles and heir Prince William made a rare joint appearance on Thursday to show support for the upcoming COP30 climate summit, at a time when a U.S.-led retrenchment has raised questions about how much the event can achieve. Political leaders from across the world, climate campaigners and big business will gather …

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Palestinian NGO appeals UK court ruling over F-35 parts to Israel

9 Oct 2025

LONDON (Reuters) -A Palestinian rights group on Thursday sought to overturn a ruling that Britain lawfully allowed F-35 fighter jet components to be indirectly exported to Israel, despite accepting they could be used to breach international humanitarian law. Al-Haq, a group based in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, unsuccessfully challenged Britain’s Department for Business and Trade …

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UK prosecutors charge former BBC Radio DJ with rape and indecent assault

9 Oct 2025

(Changes date of court appearance in paragraph 4 to November 10 from November 11 after Met Police corrected their statement) LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service said on Thursday it had charged former BBC Radio DJ Tim Westwood with four counts of rape and nine counts of indecent assault. The charges relate to alleged offences …

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Modi, Starmer tout India-UK trade deal as new Indian investment unveiled

9 Oct 2025

By Alistair Smout and Ira Dugal MUMBAI (Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and British counterpart Keir Starmer hailed their new trade deal as potentially transforming commercial links, as London unveiled new Indian investment that would be a “launch pad” for closer ties. Starmer is in the financial capital of Mumbai on a two-day visit …

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Britain’s Princess Kate warns screen time feeds ‘epidemic of disconnection’

9 Oct 2025

By Yoruk Bahceli LONDON (Reuters) -Kate, Britain’s Princess of Wales, warned on Thursday that smartphones and other digital devices were playing a key role in an “epidemic of disconnection” that threatened the development of young children. “While digital devices promise to keep us connected, they frequently do the opposite,” Kate, the wife of heir Prince …

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Soccer-IFR chair warns unsuitable club owners may have to sell up

9 Oct 2025

(Reuters) -Sheffield Wednesday’s financial crisis represents a “significant problem” for English football, according to the new chair of the Independent Football Regulator, who said that club owners deemed unsuitable could be forced to sell their teams as a last resort. The IFR was established to address growing concerns over governance and financial sustainability within English …

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Azerbaijan’s oil fund SOFAZ invests $66 million in London’s Gatwick airport

9 Oct 2025

BAKU (Reuters) -Azerbaijan’s sovereign wealth fund SOFAZ said on Thursday it would invest 50 million pounds ($67 million) in London’s Gatwick airport, one of the largest infrastructure deals the fund has pursued in Europe. Gatwick is the UK’s second-busiest airport, serving more than 40 million passengers annually. SOFAZ said it partnered with U.S.-based Global Infrastructure …

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Britain’s winter energy supply secure despite tighter gas margins, grid operators say

9 Oct 2025

By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s electricity and gas grid operators expect the country to have sufficient energy supplies this winter, despite tighter gas margins due to declining domestic production, they said in their respective winter outlooks on Thursday. Britain’s National Energy System Operator and National Gas publish annual reports about the gas and electricity supply and …

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Film aims to show how King Charles’ once-mocked views on nature became mainstream

8 Oct 2025

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s King Charles has said he was considered “rather dotty” for voicing concern about damage to the environment in the past. An upcoming documentary film aims to chart the spread of views once seen as eccentric, and bring them to new audiences. The 76-year-old monarch first spoke of the dangers of “indestructible plastic …

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