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By Alistair Smout and Andreas Rinke BLENHEIM PALACE, England (Reuters) -Britain’s new prime minister, Keir Starmer, hailed European unity on Thursday, saying deeper defence and security cooperation would better support Ukraine while shared intelligence could help tackle illegal migration. Closing a meeting of the European Political Community (EPC) of more than 40 nations at Blenheim …

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PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said he was hopeful he would be able to work towards solutions for improving the situation linked to migration from France towards Britain in talks with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday. Speaking ahead of a meeting with the British prime minister, Macron said Starmer’s arrival in …

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By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) – Five climate activists from the Just Stop Oil protest group were each jailed for at least four years on Thursday over a conspiracy to block London’s M25 motorway, marking the longest sentences ever imposed for a non-violent protest in Britain. The five – including Just Stop Oil co-founder Roger …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s new government said on Thursday that its planned requirement for the country’s official budget watchdog to assess big changes to tax and spending policy would only apply to fiscal changes equivalent to at least 1% of economic output. “A measure or combination of measures is ‘fiscally significant’ if the measure or …

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By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Britain let down its citizens by leaving the nation ill-prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic because of significantly flawed planning and failures by ministers and scientific experts, a public inquiry concluded in a scathing report on Thursday. Britain recorded more than 230,000 deaths by December 2023, a similar death rate to …

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LONDON (Reuters) – British sandwich and coffee chain Pret A Manger said on Thursday a subscription service it dubbed “too good to be true”, offering up to five barista-prepared drinks per day, will be scrapped in September. The retailer, commonly referred to as Pret, launched the drinks subscription service in September 2020, trying out a …

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By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) -Frasers, the British sportswear and apparel retailer that owns the Sports Direct brand, reported a 13.1% rise in annual profit and forecast further strong growth in its new financial year, saying its plan to diversify and move upmarket is working. Shares in the FTSE-100 listed Frasers Group were up 8% …

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