LONDON (Reuters) – JP Morgan’s Jamie Dimon and Goldman Sachs’ David Solomon will attend Britain’s Global Investment Summit on Nov. 27, the government said on Monday, as it seeks to attract greater global capital to UK companies and markets. Blackstone Chief Executive Stephen Schwarzman is also expected to join Prime Minster Rishi Sunak for a …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Strong pay growth in Britain’s private sector will be matched in the public sector in the year ahead, according to a survey which showed no sign of an easing of inflationary heat in the jobs market. The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) said employers in the private and public sectors …
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By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) – David Cameron’s appointment as British foreign minister may have raised eyebrows in EU capitals, but the bloc sees the return of the man who triggered the Brexit referendum more as a continued defrosting of relations than a lurch back to turbulent times. As prime minister, Cameron called the referendum …
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By Elizabeth Piper, Alistair Smout and Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – Few expected David Cameron’s return to government, but his appointment is one that British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hopes will signal to wavering supporters that the Conservatives are not lurching to the right to win an election expected next year. As well as firing …
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By Lori Ewing MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) -Manchester United great Bobby Charlton was remembered both as one of English soccer’s finest players and a “humble” and “fantastic” man by the thousands of fans and some of the sport’s biggest names who bid him a final farewell on Monday. Charlton, a World Cup winner with England and …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday appointed Victoria Atkins, formerly Financial Secretary to the Treasury, as the new Secretary of State for Health and Social care as part of a reshuffle of his senior team of ministers, his office said. Atkins replaces Steve Barclay, who was moved to the Department for …
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LONDON (Reuters) – A reshuffle of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s top team of ministers is under way, a government source said on Monday. (Reporting by Elizabeth Piper, Editing by Kylie MacLellan)
LONDON/ROME (Reuters) -Indi Gregory, a critically ill eight-month-old baby girl from Britain who was taken off life support over the weekend following a legal battle, has died overnight, her family said on Monday. Gregory’s parents lost a legal fight last month to keep her on life-support machines and have her transferred to a Vatican children’s …
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(Reuters) -Britain’s communications regulator Ofcom on Monday said it has fined International Distributions Services-owned Royal Mail 5.6 million pounds ($6.85 million) over its failure to meet delivery targets over the past year. In May, Ofcom had said it was probing the company over its failure to meet delivery targets for the year to end-March, 2023. …
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(Reuters) – Property firm British Land said on Monday it expects annual rental growth at the top end of its previous forecast range, although yields on assets remain under pressure in a high interest rate environment. Aggressive rate hikes have hit the investment business of British landlords, even as strong operational performance has fuelled a …
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