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UK’s Conservatives say Labour rivals heading for record-breaking election win

3 Jul 2024 3 Jul 2024

By William James LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Conservative Party all-but conceded election defeat to Keir Starmer’s Labour on Wednesday, a day before polling stations even opened, and warned that the opposition party was on course for a record-breaking victory. Opinion polls show the centre-left Labour Party is set for a big win in Thursday’s vote that …

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London exhibition looks at Barbie’s design evolution over 65 years

3 Jul 2024 3 Jul 2024

LONDON (Reuters) – A new exhibition looking at the evolution of Barbie opens in London this week as the famed Mattel doll celebrates her 65th birthday this year. “Barbie: The Exhibition”, running at the Design Museum from July 5 to Feb. 23, features more than 250 items from the Barbie universe, including an array of …

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UK’s Labour to win largest majority in modern history, YouGov forecasts

3 Jul 2024 3 Jul 2024

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s opposition Labour Party is on track to win the largest majority of any party in modern history at Thursday’s election, according to a final YouGov projection published on Wednesday. The multilevel regression and post-stratification (MRP) analysis predicted that Labour would win 431 seats, with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives expected to win …

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Campaigners seek to harness Gaza anger among UK Muslim voters

3 Jul 2024 3 Jul 2024

(This July 2 story has been corrected to fix the interpretation of polling data in paragraph 14) By Muvija M and Hannah Ellison OLDHAM, England (Reuters) – Shanaz Saddique is one of a surge of pro-Palestinian candidates hoping to mobilise Muslim votes at Britain’s July 4 election by tapping into discontent over the two main …

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Count Binface, Elmo and AI Steve: the UK election’s unusual candidates

3 Jul 2024 3 Jul 2024

LONDON (Reuters) – When either Rishi Sunak or Keir Starmer take to the stage to hail victory in the British election on Friday, they will be joined at their moment of triumph by either a man with a trash can on his head or someone dressed as “Elmo” from the Muppets. Among the more than …

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Murdoch’s Sun newspaper backs Labour in UK election

3 Jul 2024 3 Jul 2024

LONDON (Reuters) -Rupert Murdoch-owned British tabloid newspaper The Sun endorsed the Labour party and its leader Keir Starmer on Wednesday, one day before a national election. Britons will vote on Thursday in an election which opinion polls say will bring Labour to power and end 14 years of Conservative government. “It’s time for a change,” …

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Manchester United plans to cut 250 jobs, source says

3 Jul 2024 3 Jul 2024

By Yadarisa Shabong (Reuters) – Manchester United is proposing to cut about 250 jobs as part of a club-wide redundancy programme, a source close to the company told Reuters. The job cuts would include all departments and levels of the club, except for its charitable arm Manchester United Foundation, according to the source. The job …

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Explainer-What happens in a UK parliamentary election?

3 Jul 2024 3 Jul 2024

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will hold a parliamentary election on July 4 which opinion polls indicate will hand power to Keir Starmer’s Labour Party and end 14 years of Conservative Party-led government. HOW IS THE WINNER DECIDED? To win outright, one party needs to win at least 326 out of the 650 parliamentary seats. The …

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Sterling set for fifth daily rise ahead of UK election

3 Jul 2024 3 Jul 2024

LONDON (Reuters) – The pound rose on Wednesday, taking advantage of a softening in the dollar and a reading of business activity that showed growth in the British services sector cooled in June, but not by as much as initially forecast. The U.S. currency weakened against most others on Wednesday, bar the Japanese yen and …

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Factbox-UK election: What are Labour’s foreign policy plans?

3 Jul 2024 3 Jul 2024

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Labour Party is expected to win Thursday’s national election, returning to power after 14 years in opposition and making Keir Starmer the country’s new prime minister. Below are the foreign policy plans the party set out in its manifesto ahead of the vote: EUROPEAN UNION Labour has promised Britain will stay …

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