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By Harry Robertson LONDON (Reuters) – The pound hovered just below its highest level in 10 months on Thursday as investor focus turned to Friday’s U.S. jobs numbers. Sterling was last flat at $1.246, having touched its highest level since June – $1.253 – on Tuesday. Markets were subdued across the board on Thursday ahead …

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(Reuters) -A lawmaker in Britain’s governing Conservative Party has been suspended after he was filmed in a newspaper sting offering to lobby ministers and leak market-sensitive information on behalf of a fake company. Scott Benton, a lawmaker in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s party since 2019, has been suspended pending an investigation. The move comes after …

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(Reuters) -Shell expects higher liquefied natural gas (LNG) output in the first quarter after outages at its Australian plants last year as well as stable earnings from LNG trading, it said on Thursday. Shell, which recorded a record $40 billion profit last year, said In an update ahead of results due on May 4 that …

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LONDON (Reuters) – British house prices rose for a third month in a row in March, representing a further calming of the market after the turmoil sparked by former Prime Minister Liz Truss’s “mini-budget” last September, data from mortgage lender Halifax showed. House prices rose by 0.8% in month-on-month terms, Halifax said on Thursday, the …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Britain’s King Charles has invited U.S. President Joe Biden to the United Kingdom for a state visit and Biden accepted, the White House said on Wednesday. The invitation came during a conversation between Biden and Charles on Tuesday in which Biden informed the king that U.S. first lady Jill Biden would attend …

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LONDON (Reuters) – London’s police force said on Thursday it had dismissed dozens of officers in the last six months and was going through older misconduct cases in its bid to restore public trust and clean up its image after a series of scandals. Last month, an independent review found the Metropolitan Police to be …

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By Michael Holden, James Pearson and Christopher Bing WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) -International law enforcement agencies have seized a sprawling dark web marketplace popular with cybercriminals, Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Wednesday, in a multinational crackdown dubbed “Operation Cookie Monster.” A banner plastered across Genesis Market’s site late on Tuesday said domains belonging to the …

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By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Wednesday it had leased a barge to house 500 migrants on its southern coast as part of efforts to reduce the use of costly hotels as temporary accommodation while asylum claims are being processed. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has made cracking down on illegal migration one …

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