By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – British grocery inflation hit 14.7% in October, another new record, and it is still too early to call the ceiling, market researcher Kantar said on Tuesday. It said UK consumers would face a 682-pound ($785) jump in their annual grocery bill if they continued to buy the same items. …
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By Hannah McKay and William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) – On a soccer pitch in a central London park, Sisterhood Football Club – a Muslim women’s team – is making a substitution. “Your hijab, tuck it in. It can’t get in the way,” a teammate calls out as the replacement player runs on. Despite the warmth …
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(Reuters) -British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is poised to announce a major natural gas deal with the United States after the COP27 climate change summit, the Telegraph newspaper reported on Monday. Britain hopes the United States will promise about 10 billion cubic metres of liquefied natural gas (LNG) over the coming year, the report said, …
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By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – British businesses fear a gloomy Christmas ahead, as almost half of households plan to cut festive spending due to the soaring cost of living and sales are already falling sharply in inflation-adjusted terms. Payments processor Barclaycard said 48% of people it surveyed over Oct. 21-24 plan to spend less …
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(Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to increase pensions and benefits in line with inflation in an effort to ensure the budget is seen as “fair and compassionate”, the Times reported on Monday. The Times reported that assumptions sent to the official forecaster over the weekend included the two pledges, which would …
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(Reuters) – British Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt is to announce a tax raid on inheritance as he attempts to balance the books in next week’s autumn statement, the Telegraph reported on Monday. The chancellor and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak have agreed to freeze the threshold above which people must pay tax for another two years …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stressed his “deep concern” over the case of Egyptian-British hunger striker Alaa Abd el-Fattah during a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday, Sunak’s office said. “The prime minister raised the case of Alaa Abd el-Fattah, stressing the UK Government’s deep concern on this issue,” …
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LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak expressed optimism on Monday about working with France to tackle illegal migration and his spokesman said the two nations were close to a new deal to curb the number of migrants crossing the English Channel. Under pressure over the record number of migrants crossing to Britain in small …
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By Aidan Lewis CAIRO (Reuters) – Alaa Abd el-Fattah, an Egyptian-British software developer and blogger from an activist family who rose to prominence in the Arab Spring uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak is now a symbol of suffering during the repression that followed. The 2011 revolution gave hope to a generation of activists in Egypt …
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By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s banks were slow to start passing on increases in central bank interest rates to savers and consumers should consider switching to another UK lender, the Financial Conduct Authority said on Monday. Banks have been quick to pass on higher interest rates to their mortgage customers, but savers are …
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