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LONDON (Reuters) – London police on Monday urged organisers not to go ahead with any protests planned this weekend when Armistice Day will be marked after British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak slammed plans for a pro-Palestinian march. Authorities asked unidentified organisers to consider postponing any demonstrations in London over the weekend, including Saturday’s anniversary of …

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LONDON (Reuters) -The Bank of England might wait until the middle of next year before cutting interest rates from their current 15-year high, the BoE’s Chief Economist Huw Pill said on Monday. Pill said pricing in financial markets – that currently points to a first rate cut to Bank Rate in August 2024 – “doesn’t …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain on Monday set out the minimum levels of service that key public sectors such as railways and ambulances must maintain during any strikes by workers. The government passsed a law in July requiring certain sectors to maintain minimum service levels after a more than a year of disruptive strikes across the railway …

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By Andy Bruce MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Young English sufferers of cystic fibrosis (CF) face new uncertainty after regulators published proposals which, if enacted, would restrict access to potentially life-changing treatments on cost grounds. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) on Friday published draft guidance that it would not recommend three treatments …

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By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) -British Steel is in talks with the UK government about funding for a shift to cleaner manufacturing, which would include shutting blast furnaces and probable job losses. Owned by China’s Jingye Group, Britain’s second-biggest steelmaker on Monday outlined a 1.25 billion pound ($1.55 billion) plan to make steel in a …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Siemens on Monday lost a legal challenge over a 2 billion pound ($2.48 billion) contract to build a fleet of new trains for Britain’s beleaguered HS2 high-speed rail project. Siemens Mobility sued after the contract to design, build and maintain 54 trains for HS2 was awarded to a joint venture between Bombardier …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Extra fiscal headroom as a result of higher inflation is illusory and will not give any space for tax cuts when British Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt gives a fiscal update later this month, a think tank report said on Monday. Hunt is due to give his Autumn Statement on Nov. 22, and …

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