By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – The proposed sweeping reform of Britain’s company listing rules lacks consensus on how aggressive the new regime should be in persuading firms to list in London rather than New York, regulators said on Monday. The decision by UK chip designer Arm Holdings to list in the United States triggered …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British nurse Lucy Letby, jailed for life for murdering seven babies at the hospital where she worked, will face a re-trial over an accusation she had tried to kill another newborn, prosecutors said on Monday. Letby, 33, Britain’s most prolific serial child killer of modern times, was convicted in August of killing …
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LONDON (Reuters) -British retailers reported a smaller annual fall in sales for September than during the previous month and expect a modest improvement in the months ahead, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said on Monday. The CBI’s September monthly retail sales survey – conducted between Aug. 25 and Sept. 13 – showed the headline …
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By Nick Carey and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s decision to delay a ban on new fossil fuel car sales may make little difference to the pace of a shift to electric vehicles (EVs), even though the news drew anger from automakers worried about supply chains and investment uncertainty. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, …
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MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – British cabinet minister Grant Shapps on Sunday emphasised the mounting costs of plans for a high-speed rail line serving northern England, which Prime Minister Rishi Sunak may decide to formally axe in coming days. Shapps declined to confirm newspaper reports that the Manchester to Birmingham leg of the HS2 line will …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British interior minister Suella Braverman will raise the “the unsustainable pressures” created by illegal migration when she makes a three-day visit to the U.S. this week, her office said on Sunday. In a keynote speech, Braverman will present a blueprint for how countries can combat the crisis and highlight how Britain has …
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By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) – A British businessman at the centre of a money-laundering investigation was jailed on Friday for more than eight years for targeting two lawyers with fake bombs in the heart of London’s legal district. Jonathan Nuttall, 50, pursued a vendetta against two barristers representing Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) in …
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(Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is considering introducing measures that would ban the next generation from ever being able to buy cigarettes, The Guardian reported on Friday, citing government sources. Sunak is looking at anti-smoking measures similar to laws New Zealand announced last year, which include a ban on selling tobacco to anyone …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Staff at dozens of universities in Britain have called off a planned strike next week after many employers agreed to end pay deductions linked to previous industrial action, the University and College Union (UCU) said on Friday. Strikes originally planned at 140 universities later this month will now only take place in 52, …
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LONDON (Reuters) – There were an estimated 4,507 heat-related deaths in England in 2022, according to an official study on climate-related mortality published on Friday which showed some signs of an increase in deaths linked to hot weather. Britain recorded its hottest day ever in July 2022, when temperatures exceeded 40 degrees Celsius as part …
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