By Farouq Suleiman LONDON (Reuters) – Novelist Salman Rushdie has warned that countries in the West face the most severe threats to freedom of expression and freedom to publish in his lifetime, speaking nine months after a man repeatedly stabbed him onstage in New York. Rushdie, 75, was awarded the ‘Freedom to Publish’ award by …
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By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) – Prince Harry should not be allowed to pay for his own police protection while in Britain because wealthy individuals should not be able to buy specially trained officers as private bodyguards, lawyers for the British government told a court on Tuesday. Harry, King Charles’ younger son, lost full police …
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By Radhika Anilkumar (Reuters) -Britons’ thirst for premium lager drove strong sales at pub group Marston’s during the Easter weekend and May bank holidays, as the outlook on costs and consumer confidence improve, but the loss-making company stopped short of resuming dividends on Tuesday. Shares in the company, which were up in early trade, reversed …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s departure from the European Union has not been a failure, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s spokesperson said on Tuesday, rebuffing criticism from prominent eurosceptic politicians about how Brexit had been implemented. Nigel Farage, the British politician who helped force a Brexit referendum in 2016 and successfully campaigned to leave the European Union, said …
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By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Greggs expects further growth this year as its range of baked goods and new products keep it on track to meet forecasts despite tighter household budgets. Greggs’ profit is predicted to rise 10% this year even as disposable incomes are squeezed by high inflation, with the company’s value offering …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The pound fell on Tuesday, after data showed a rise in the UK unemployment rate, which could take some of the pressure off the Bank of England to raise interest rates and, in theory, boosts sterling’s appeal to overseas investors. Britain’s unemployment rate unexpectedly rose to 3.9% in the three months to …
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By William Schomberg and Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s unemployment rate rose and there were other signs of less inflationary heat in the labour market in data published on Tuesday, prompting investors to scale back some of their bets on further Bank of England interest rate hikes. The jobless rate edged up to 3.9% in …
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By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) – Britons face the biggest tax-raising drive since the start of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher’s term of office in the coming years as more people are pushed into paying the top rate of income tax, a leading think tank said on Tuesday. The independent Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) …
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By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) – Piers Morgan, the former editor of British tabloid the Daily Mirror, knew about phone hacking, Prince Harry’s biographer said on Monday as he gave evidence as part of the royal’s lawsuit against the newspaper’s publisher. Harry, King Charles’ younger son, and more than 100 others are suing Mirror Group …
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(Reuters) -Ofcom, Britain’s communications regulator, said it launched an investigation on Monday into Royal Mail’s failure to meet delivery targets over the past year, adding it would consider imposing a financial penalty. Royal Mail blamed union disputes that led to strikes for its failure to meet the targets for the year to end-March, 2023. In …
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