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LONDON (Reuters) – Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey pleaded not guilty to accusations of sex offences dating back almost 20 years in a London court on Thursday. Spacey clearly said “not guilty” when five charges were put to him at London’s Old Bailey central criminal court. (Reporting by Michael Holden and Muvija M, Editing by Kylie …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Rishi Sunak, a leading candidate to replace Boris Johnson as Britain’s prime minister, dismissed suggestions on Thursday that he was too rich to run the country during an economic downturn, saying he had the experience to take on tough challenges. Sunak, the former finance minister whose resignation last week helped to trigger …

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LONDON (Reuters) -British former finance minister Rishi Sunak said his first economic priority if he becomes prime minister will be tackling high inflation, not the tax cuts pledged by some of his rivals in the race to replace Boris Johnson. British consumer price inflation hit a 40-year high of 9.1% in May, and the Bank …

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By Iain Withers and Sinead Cruise LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s biggest domestic lender Lloyds Banking Group contacted 2 million of its 26 million customers in May after identifying they could need extra support to cope with soaring food and energy prices and rising debt costs. The UK’s largest mortgage provider outlined options including debt consolidation, …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey is due to appear in a London court on Thursday where he is expected to enter a plea to accusations of sex offences dating back almost 20 years. Spacey is accused of five offences in Britain – four counts of sexual assault by touching, and a more serious …

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By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – British house prices rose at their slowest pace in more than a year last month as buyer demand softened slightly although the overall breadth of price increases remained well above pre-pandemic levels, a survey showed on Thursday. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ (RICS) monthly house price balance – …

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By Yesim Dikmen and Michelle Nichols ISTANBUL/UNITED NATIONS, New York (Reuters) – Ukraine, the United Nations and Turkey hailed progress at talks in Istanbul with Russia designed to resume Black Sea grain exports and ease the risk of starvation faced by millions, but an end to the war remained far off as heavy shelling continued. …

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(Reuters) – Former British cabinet minister Jeremy Hunt has backed Rishi Sunak in the race to be UK’s next prime minister, Sky News reported https://news.sky.com/story/conservative-leadership-race-jeremy-hunt-backs-rishi-sunak-after-being-knocked-out-of-contest-12651366 on Wednesday. “Rishi is one of the most decent straight people with the highest standards of integrity that I have ever met in British politics,” Sky reported, citing Hunt. “And …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Leading anti-EU campaigner Nigel Farage said on Wednesday Attorney General Suella Braverman was the only one of the remaining six candidates for British prime minister who would “complete Brexit”. Farage, a former leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) whose success played a major role in persuading then-Prime Minister David Cameron to …

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