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By Amanda Ferguson BELFAST (Reuters) -Irish nationalists Sinn Fein became Northern Ireland’s largest party in the British parliament for the first time on Friday, capitalising on a poor election for its main unionist rival to cross another milestone in a campaign to end British rule. The party overtook the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), whose losses …

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LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak conceded defeat in the national election on Friday, saying the opposition Labour Party had won. “The Labour Party has won this general election and I have called Sir Keir Starmer to congratulate him on his victory,” Sunak said after winning his parliamentary seat in northern England. “Today, power …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Keir Starmer will be Britain’s next prime minister with his Labour Party set to win a massive majority in a parliamentary election, an exit poll on Thursday indicated, while Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives are forecast to suffer historic losses. Sterling was little moved, with traders having widely anticipated a Labour victory. It traded …

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By Toby Davis LONDON (Reuters) – Friendships were put to one side and rivalries rekindled as a battle of Britain raged at Wimbledon on Thursday with old-hand Cameron Norrie overcoming young pretender Jack Draper and a teary Harriet Dart outlasting Katie Boulter. Not since Andy Murray’s heyday have British fans arrived at the All England …

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(Reuters) -Cinema chain operator Cineworld Group wants to close roughly a quarter of its 100 sites in the UK and negotiate rent reductions at another 50 as part of a radical restructuring, Sky News reported on Thursday. The restructuring comes after Cineworld’s massive debt forced the group to file for administration in Britain last year …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Opinion polls project Britain’s Labour Party is on course to return to government with a large majority in Thursday’s national election after 14 years in opposition. Polls close at 10 p.m. (2100 GMT) and results are due to be announced in each of parliament’s 650 constituencies throughout the night. Since the last UK …

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By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – With Britain poised to vote for its first change of government in 14 years on Thursday, the firms that slashed its credit score after Brexit, and cut it again when Liz Truss roiled markets in 2022, say they have a list of questions that need answers. 1/STABILISE OR SLIP? …

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