LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s RMT trade union said on Thursday railway workers had voted in favour of further strike action in a new ballot amid a long-running pay dispute with train operating companies. “This sends a clear message to the employers that the huge anger amongst rail workers is very real and they need to recognise …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Friday he had not seen the report into BBC Chairman Richard Sharp who resigned after an independent report found he breached rules for public appointments. Asked during a visit to Scotland on Friday if Sharp’s successor should be a non-political appointment, Sunak said he was …
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LONDON (Reuters) – A man who was arrested outside Buckingham Palace on Tuesday for throwing what police said were shotgun cartridges is being detained under the Mental Health Act, London police said on Thursday. The 59-year-old man, who was also found with a knife, will remain on bail while receiving medical care, police added. Britain’s …
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By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -King Charles will be crowned at Westminster Abbey in a ceremony full of pomp, pageantry and solemn religious significance on Saturday, after he became monarch of the United Kingdom and 14 other realms on the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth in September. Why is he crowned, what does it …
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By Jeevan Ravindran and Natalie Thomas LONDON (Reuters) – Dozens of royal fans have begun camping out in central London ahead of King Charles’ coronation on Saturday, but while they and millions more are anticipating the historic event with excitement, at least as many say they do not care. The coronation, whose origins date back …
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SYDNEY/LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s free trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand are set to come into force at the end of this month, the business and trade ministry said as London seeks to deepen ties in the Indo-Pacific region. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will meet his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese and New Zealand PM …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Prince William and his wife Kate took a trip by Tube to a London pub on Thursday and told locals that preparations are still being nailed down for his father King Charles III’s coronation, the most significant royal event in a generation. King Charles will be crowned at Westminster Abbey on Saturday …
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By Andrew MacAskill and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – Voters in England will cast their ballots in local elections on Thursday in the first major electoral test for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak following a year when the governing Conservatives have suffered a cascade of scandals, strikes and economic chaos. The elections are viewed as one …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British lenders approved 52,011 mortgages for house purchase in March, the highest number since October, Bank of England data showed on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had expected 46,250 mortgage approvals for March. (Reporting by David Milliken)
By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s services sector kicked off the second quarter with its fastest growth in a year, boosted by new orders, but it passed the cost of rising wage bills on to consumers, adding pressure on the Bank of England to keep raising interest rates. The final S&P Global/CIPS UK Services …
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