(Reuters) -Royal Mail’s largest union warned on Wednesday it would suspend voting on an agreement reached with the British postal services firm last month over pay and worker terms, charging the firm of not abiding by some of the agreed-upon conditions. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) had said in April it would recommend its members …
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By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) -British telecoms regulator Ofcom gave BT the green light to offer discounted wholesale fibre pricing to broadband providers, saying the plan to drive uptake of faster connectivity was not anti-competitive. BT, the country’s largest broadband and mobile operator, wants to offer discounts to retail providers including Sky, Vodafone and TalkTalk …
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By Andy Bruce and William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s stubbornly high inflation rate fell by less than expected last month and a closely watched measure of core price rises surged to a 31-year high, according to official data that raised the chances of more interest rate hikes. Consumer prices rose by 8.7% in annual terms …
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By William James and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Boris Johnson has been referred to police over further potential breaches of lockdown rules during the COVID-19 pandemic, a charge the former prime minister’s office portrayed as “yet another politically motivated stitch up”. The Cabinet Office, which is responsible for overseeing the operation of government, said …
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By Byron Kaye and Kylie MacLellan SYDNEY/LONDON (Reuters) -Rolf Harris, a mainstay of family entertainment in Britain and Australia for more than 50 years before his career collapsed into disgrace with his conviction for indecently assaulting young girls, has died aged 93. The Australian-born Harris, had been seriously ill with neck cancer and receiving 24-hour …
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By Amanda Ferguson LONDON (Reuters) – The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) will seek additional British government funds for Northern Ireland as a condition for restoring the region’s power-sharing government, its leader said on Tuesday. The DUP is in talks with London about restoring the region’s devolved government, which collapsed in February last year over its …
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By Johann M Cherian and Shashwat Chauhan (Reuters) -British equities fell on Tuesday as uncertainties surrounding a U.S. debt ceiling deal dented sentiment, while Burberry slipped, tracking wider declines across European luxury stocks. The FTSE 100 fell 0.1%, down after three sessions in the green, while the FTSE 250 midcap index lost 0.3%. White House …
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By Michael Holden and Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) -Prince Harry on Tuesday lost his legal bid to challenge the British government’s refusal to let him pay for his own police protection when he is in the United Kingdom. Harry, King Charles’ younger son, was stripped of the police security usually afforded to royal figures in …
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain said on Tuesday it would remove the right of some international students to bring family members into the country, part of measures to bring down annual net migration which reached a record last year. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged to bring down legal migration and said last week that he was …
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By Kirstin Ridley LONDON (Reuters) -The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has agreed to pay a substantial settlement a former prosecutor who was wrongfully fired while leading one of the agency’s highest-profile bribery investigations. Tom Martin, who led the British part of the global investigation into the Ahsani family and their Monaco-based energy consultancy …
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