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By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) – The owners of three British airports were granted a court order on Friday to stop environmental protesters from potentially disrupting flights over the summer holidays. East Midlands, Manchester and Stansted airports applied for an injunction to prevent “persons unknown” from trespassing on their land, in an effort to prevent …

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By Sachin Ravikumar and Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) -New Prime Minister Keir Starmer named Rachel Reeves as Britain’s first female finance minister and Angela Rayner as his deputy on Friday as he began putting together the team that will help him try to deliver on a promise rebuild the country. Reeves, 45, a former Bank …

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(Reuters) – British utilities are expected to benefit from an increase in investment and regulatory clarity after the centre-left Labour Party’s victory in the parliamentary election, analysts at JP Morgan said on Friday. The FTSE utilities index was up 0.6% by 0921 GMT, with gains led by British Gas owner Centrica and power plant operator …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s centrist Liberal Democrats, right-wing Reform UK, Greens and other smaller parties won more than 40% of the votes in Thursday’s election, but secured just 18% of the seats in parliament due to the country’s first-past-the-post system. The Labour Party will form the next government after winning 63% of seats with 34% …

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By Michael Holden and Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – The centre-left Labour Party’s crushing victory in the British election stands in stark contrast to recent gains by the far right across Europe. But the party’s triumph was not so much a rejection of populism by voters, but rather an echo of the same disenchantment with …

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LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Jeremy Hunt held on to his parliamentary seat in southern England on Friday, fending off a fierce challenge from the smaller Liberal Democrat party. Hunt, a Conservative lawmaker who was also health secretary and foreign secretary during 11 years at the top of government, had been tipped to be …

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