LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Harry, his wife Meghan and her mother were involved in a “near catastrophic car chase” involving paparazzi photographers after they attended an awards ceremony in New York, a spokesperson for the prince said on Wednesday. Harry, King Charles’s son, and Meghan stepped down from royal roles in 2020, hailed by …
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will always remain pragmatic on immigration, finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Wednesday as the country tries to balance tight labour market conditions with political resistance to increased migration. “If you look at what’s happened since the Brexit vote, since we left the single market, the government has been pragmatic when …
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By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Bitcoin, ether and other cryptocurrencies should be regulated as gambling given they are potentially used by fraudsters and pose significant risks to consumers, a panel of UK lawmakers said in a report on Wednesday. Britain is planning its first rules for cryptoassets, which currently only comply with anti-money laundering …
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By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) – Millions of British borrowers repeatedly missed payments on bills in the six months to January amid the steep surge in the cost of living and higher interest rates, a survey from the Financial Conduct Authority regulator showed on Tuesday. British households have faced double-digit inflation since September and the …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain and the EU have agreed to strengthen cooperation on migration with new working arrangement between British agencies and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, a readout from British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s office said on Tuesday. “UK and EU teams will now discuss the details and operationalisation of this new …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has detected avian influenza virus in two poultry workers in England following testing for people who have been in contact with infected birds, the country’s health security agency said on Tuesday. “The two people returning positive tests are known to have recently worked on an infected poultry farm in England. Neither …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain, grappling with a cost-of-living crisis and food inflation not seen for almost 50 years, will review its horticulture and egg supply chains after shoppers faced shortages, the government said on Tuesday. Earlier this year, Britons struggled to get hold of tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers after disrupted harvests in north Africa and Spain …
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By Sarah Young and David Milliken HOVE, England (Reuters) – Two workers glide between a computer screen and a stainless steel vat making face cream, a scientist in a white coat mixes a formula and a colleague sticks labels on bottles. Apart from the whir of machines, there is silence: this is “deep work time” …
By Johann M Cherian and Shashwat Chauhan (Reuters) -Britain’s FTSE 100 erased earlier gains and closed lower on Tuesday, as losses in financial and energy stocks coupled with weakness in China-exposed firms weighed, while Vodafone Group shares tumbled after it forecast a big drop in fresh cash flow. The blue-chip FTSE 100 dipped 0.3%, while …
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By Paul Sandle and Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) -New Vodafone boss Margherita Della Valle said she would cut 11,000 jobs globally over three years to help the telecoms group regain its competitive edge after it warned that a poor performance in its biggest market Germany would hit cash flow. Shares in Vodafone, which has underperformed …
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