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(Reuters) – The UK drug regulator said on Tuesday it has approved an updated COVID-19 vaccine by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech that targets only the Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant. The vaccine, which like their other COVID shots will also be sold under brand Comirnaty, has been approved for use in individuals aged 6 months …

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(Reuters) – Investors in British housing stocks will be eager to glean insights on demand and selling prices as some of the country’s top homebuilders start issuing earnings reports or trading updates this month. High mortgage rates and a prolonged cost-of-living squeeze have hammered UK housing demand over the past few months, making it the …

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By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Higher minimum contributions to pension schemes and turning the regulatory screw would help plug shortfalls in retirement income and reverse shrinkage in Britain’s capital market, think-tank New Financial said in a report on Tuesday. A welter of regulatory reforms to bolster London’s capital market and boost the flow of …

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By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – British consumer spending growth lost pace last month, adding to signs of a weakening economy, despite a doubling in cinema takings after the release of the films “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer”, Barclays data showed on Tuesday. Annual growth in consumer spending on credit and debit cards slowed to 2.8% in …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Two British parliamentary by-elections will be held in October in a test of how Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives are faring in the party’s heartlands and whether the opposition Labour Party is recovering support in Scotland. The votes will determine replacements for two outgoing lawmakers and are seen as an important electoral …

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By Sachin Ravikumar and Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s education minister Gillian Keegan apologised for an expletive-ridden outburst on Monday after complaining she wasn’t being thanked enough for doing a “fucking good job” in dealing with potentially hundreds of unsafe school buildings. The revelations of old and weak concrete in schools, which saw 104 …

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LONDON (Reuters) -A man has been arrested following an alleged assault on Sky Sports pundit Roy Keane after Arsenal’s 3-1 Premier League win over Manchester United at the Emirates Stadium, the Metropolitan Police said on Monday. British media reported that former United captain Keane, 52, was assaulted by a fan during an altercation on Sunday. …

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