LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Jeremy Hunt will focus his Nov. 22 budget update on reducing inflation and does not expect forecasts to show the government has extra money to spend, he told Bloomberg News in an interview broadcast Monday. “The one thing I can absolutely say is that our focus in the autumn …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain and India have agreed to launch a partnership to boost cross-market investment by the insurance and pension sectors, Britain’s finance ministry said on Monday during a visit by finance minister Jeremy Hunt to the country. The Treasury said the UK-India Pensions and Insurance Partnership would support the growth of the sector …
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By Alistair Smout (Reuters) -Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he had raised his concern over any Chinese interference in Britain’s parliamentary democracy during a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang at a G20 summit in India, after the reported arrest of two alleged spies. The Sunday Times reported that one of the people arrested on …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British foreign minister James Cleverly will travel to Israel and the Palestinian territories this week, where he will press for renewed dialogue on a two-state solution and commit to tackling threats to regional security, including from Iran. On the visit that begins on Monday, Cleverly will hold talks with Israeli Prime Minister …
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(Reuters) -Belgian Wout van Aert raced to victory in the Tour of Britain on Sunday while Spaniard Carlos Rodriguez made a strong charge to win the hilly eighth and final stage in Wales. Van Aert, who had begun the final day with a slender three-second lead after narrowly failing to win Saturday’s seventh stage, led …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British police on Sunday charged an ex-soldier suspected of terrorism offences with unlawfully escaping from custody, after he was recaptured following four days on the run, having absconded from a London jail. Daniel Abed Khalife, 21, who worked in the kitchen of Wandsworth prison, slipped out on Monday morning by strapping himself …
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By Maggie Fick LONDON (Reuters) – Novo Nordisk’s decision to launch its weight-loss drug Wegovy in Britain last week despite severe supply constraints may partly have been motivated by a desire to get ahead of rival Eli Lilly’s own similar drug, industry sources said. They said Novo may also have been responding to concerns voiced …
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(Reuters) – Britain will commit to provide $2 billion to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to help developing countries cope with climate change, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Sunday at the G20 Leaders Summit in New Delhi. The pledge would be the biggest single funding commitment the UK has made to date to help …
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain recorded its hottest day of 2023 so far on Saturday, with provisional data showing a high of 33.2 degrees Celsius (91.8 degrees Fahrenheit) at London’s Kew Gardens. This year’s previous high was 32.6 C, reached on Thursday. Britain’s national weather service said Saturday was also the sixth day in a row the …
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LONDON (Reuters) -A former British soldier suspected of terrorism offences who escaped from prison earlier this week was recaptured in London on Saturday, police said. Daniel Abed Khalife, 21, absconded from London’s Wandsworth prison on Wednesday morning after slipping out of the prison kitchen where he was working and strapping himself to the underside of …
