LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Jeremy Hunt on Tuesday said it was important to bring inflation down and not do anything that could further inflame it, after data showed the pace of pay growth in Britain had risen in the three months to November. “The single best way to help people’s wages go further …
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(Reuters) – British recruitment agency Hays Plc on Tuesday posted a rise in second-quarter net fees, after hiring in its temporary and contracting segment grew at a faster rate than permanent jobs for the first time in seven quarters. The company, which focuses largely on hiring for white-collar roles, said its like-for-like net fees for …
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By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has struck a deal with publisher Harper Collins to write a memoir that will cover his role at the centre of one of the most dramatic periods in recent British history. Johnson stood down as prime minister in early September after his ministers …
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(Reuters) – UK Sport and Sport England on Monday outlined plans to “support improved safeguarding and wellbeing for everyone involved in sport” in response to a damning report that uncovered a culture of abuse in gymnastics last year. The Whyte Review, published in June, showed that British gymnasts were subjected to widespread physical and mental …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson said he had emailed an apology to Prince Harry and Meghan after he wrote in a national newspaper column that he hoped the Duchess of Sussex would one day be forced to parade naked through the streets. Clarkson, who gained worldwide fame as presenter of motoring show …
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By Renee Maltezou and Alkis Konstantinidis ATHENS (Reuters) -European royalty gathered in Athens on Monday for the funeral of former King Constantine of Greece, born a prince but buried a commoner after his subjects voted to abolish the monarchy in 1974. Constantine II, a second cousin of Britain’s King Charles and godfather to heir Prince …
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By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of nurses in England will strike in February for the third time in as many months, adding further pressure on British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak over crippling disruption to key services caused by industrial action. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said on Monday its members …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The British government will block a bill passed by the Scottish parliament that makes it easier for people to change their legal gender, its Scottish Secretary Alister Jack said on Monday, the first time it has invoked the power to veto a Scottish law. The bill, approved in December, makes Scotland the …
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By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) – A serving London police officer has admitted carrying out 24 counts of rape in a near two decade-long campaign of abuse against women, making him one of Britain’s most prolific sex offenders. The Metropolitan Police and the country’s prosecution service said David Carrick, 48, had used his position of …
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By Herbert Villarraga and Tom Balmforth DNIPRO, Ukraine/KYIV (Reuters) – The death toll from a Russian missile strike in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro rose to 40 on Monday, with dozens more missing, making it the deadliest civilian incident of Moscow’s three-month campaign of firing missiles at cities far from the front. Ukraine says the …
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