By Michael Holden and Charlie Devereux LONDON/MADRID (Reuters) -Britain’s Prince Harry says his older brother and heir to the throne Prince William knocked him to the floor during a 2019 argument over Harry’s American wife, Meghan, in his much-awaited memoir, which went on sale days early in Spain on Thursday. In his book “Spare”, Harry …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British ambulance workers will go strike on Jan. 23 in an ongoing dispute over pay, Unite union said on Friday. The union said over 2,600 ambulance workers in the West Midlands, North West, North East, East Midlands and Wales will take strike action in late January. The strike would coincide with a …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British consumer spending over the Christmas period has so far held up better-than-expected, providing some relief to retailers who had feared an escalating cost-of-living crisis would hit the key holiday sales period. Only a small number of retailers have so far reported their Christmas sales. Some of the country’s biggest names, including …
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LONDON (Reuters) -British government plans to scale back energy subsidies for businesses will see the cost of support fall by 85% during the next financial year, limiting the cost to 5 billion pounds ($6 billion), the Daily Telegraph reported on Friday. Britain’s finance ministry said on Wednesday that the government would announce to parliament next …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Around 3% of people in England and Wales aged 16 or over identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual, according to 2021 census data released on Friday. The census in 2021 was the first in Britain to ask about people’s sexual orientation, and the results are broadly in line with previous, smaller-scale surveys. …
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By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) – Thousands of junior doctors in England will stage a full walk out for 72 hours in March, including a refusal to provide emergency care, if a ballot for industrial action is successful, their trade union said on Friday. The British Medical Association (BMA) will begin balloting its more than …
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By Alistair Smout and Thomas Escritt LONDON (Reuters) -Work is moving “pretty fast” to resolve outstanding issues with the EU on the agreement which governs post-Brexit trade with Northern Ireland, British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said on Thursday following a meeting with his German counterpart. That sentiment echoed the words of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Thousands of workers at the British government’s Environment Agency will strike for the first time later this month in a dispute over pay, the Unison trade union said on Thursday. Staff including those who maintain safety structures such as the Thames Barrier and coastal sea defences will walk out on Jan. 18 …
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By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) -Britain will introduce legislation to ensure key public services maintain minimum safety levels during industrial action, as the government seeks to limit disruption from strikes now involving tens of thousands of workers. The government said on Thursday it would bring the bill to parliament in the coming weeks and would …
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By Farouq Suleiman and Natalie Thomas LONDON (Reuters) – The worst wave of strike action to grip Britain in decades could persist deep into 2023 with no side willing to back down, a union leader said on Thursday, underlining the scale of the challenge facing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. A day after Sunak pledged to …
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