By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) -Britain will expand free childcare to children from 9 months old in England to help families who currently pay some of the highest costs in the world, finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Wednesday. As part of a plan to encourage more people back into work, Hunt said the government …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain extended its support for household energy bills by three months to the end of June, the government said on Wednesday, keeping a lid on household bills in a move that should help ease the country’s cost of living squeeze. The news comes hours before finance minister Jeremy Hunt is due to …
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By James Davey and Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) -London’s luxury retailers fear the city is losing its pull as a shopping destination, with tourists from the United States, China and the Gulf flocking instead to Paris and Milan where tax breaks still offer a way to cut the cost of their purchases. With finance minister …
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(Reuters) – England have to put things right after a record 53-10 drubbing by France in last week’s Six Nations encounter, prop Ellis Genge said, adding that he and his team mates have made a pact to ensure that such a defeat is not repeated. With regular skipper captain Owen Farrell on the bench, Genge …
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CHIBA, Japan (Reuters) – British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace urged Moscow to respect international airspace, after the United States said that Russia had caused one of its drones to crash into the Black Sea on Tuesday. “The key here is that all parties respect international air space and we urge the Russians to do so,” …
(Reuters) – Hong Kong Financial Services Secretary Christopher Hui is planning to visit Britain in April in the first ministerial-level visit from the territory to the UK in three years, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. The Hong Kong government said in a response to Reuters that Hui would visit Europe “to contact key stakeholders …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British employers agreed pay rises averaging 5.0% during the three months to the end of January, well above historic norms, and a tight labour market means pay settlements are likely to remain high, a survey showed on Wednesday. Incomes Data Research (IDR) said the median pay rise at major British employers had …
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(Reuters) – England lock Ollie Chessum has sustained an ankle injury in training that has ruled him out of this weekend’s Six Nations match away to Grand Slam-chasing Ireland, the Rugby Football Union said on Tuesday. The absence of Chessum, who had started all four Six Nations matches in the second row, means England must …
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By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre is reviewing whether Chinese-owned video app TikTok should be banned from government phones, security minister Tom Tugendhat said on Tuesday. TikTok has come under increasing focus over fears that user data could end up in the hands of the Chinese government, undermining Western security interests. …
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By Amanda Ferguson BELFAST (Reuters) -The head of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party on Tuesday voiced his strongest concerns to date over a UK-EU deal to simplify post-Brexit trade rules, saying his party was seeking changes from the British government. A key test of the deal reached by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak with Brussels …
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