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LONDON (Reuters) -British house prices jumped unexpectedly in February, potentially reflecting an improvement in consumer confidence, mortgage lender Halifax said on Tuesday, adding that the overall trend remained downwards. House prices rose 1.1% month-on-month, following a 0.2% rise in January, Halifax said. A Reuters poll of economists had pointed to a 0.3% drop on the …

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By Natalie Thomas LONDON (Reuters) – An artist has built a home in a rubbish skip in London and plans to live in it for a year, seeking to draw attention to the “crazy” price of renting a room in Britain’s capital during a cost of living crisis. Harrison Marshall, 28, moved into the specially-adapted …

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By Martin Coulter LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s opposition Labour Party has called on the government to enact its long-delayed Online Safety Bill, after Reuters revealed how few underage children Snap Inc had removed from its Snapchat platform. Britain, like other countries and the European Union, has been grappling with how to protect social media users, and …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) on Monday set up a group to conduct a month-long consultation on last week’s UK/EU deal to simplify post-Brexit trade rules that the region’s pro-British politicians have yet to decide whether to back. The ultimate success of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s new deal is likely to …

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By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) -British firefighters have voted to accept an improved pay offer from fire service employers, their trade union said on Monday, averting the possibility of more disruptive strike action in a critical public service. Unions representing workers across a range of sectors have been pushing for pay rises that better reflect …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain said it would extend until the end of June the financial guarantee it has provided to ensure UK applicants to the Horizon Europe scientific research programme receive funding while negotiations continue on rejoining the scheme. Under a Brexit trade agreement signed at the end of 2020, Britain negotiated access to a range …

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(Reuters) – British new car registrations rose by a quarter in February and almost half a million plug-in cars are expected to join the road by the end of 2023, according to preliminary industry data released on Monday. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said the new car market was up 25% last …

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