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LONDON (Reuters) – An anti-corruption group called on Britain on Tuesday to toughen its ethics rules for politicians after Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government watered down a code of conduct in the midst of an outcry over rule-breaking by Johnson himself. A day after 41% of lawmakers from the ruling Conservative Party tried to oust …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Strike action by rail workers on three days later this month will lead to a complete shut-down of Britain’s train network, their union said on Tuesday in what it billed as the biggest industrial action in the rail sector in more than 30 years. The Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers union said more …

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By William James LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will seek to shore up his position on Tuesday by setting out a raft of new policies to senior ministers after he survived a confidence vote that revealed the scale of the threat to his position. Johnson won the vote late on Monday by 211 …

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(Reuters) – Online racist abuse directed towards Black players in the England team after last year’s European Championship final has further complicated preparations for penalty shootouts, England manager Gareth Southgate said. Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka were the targets of the abuse after they missed spot-kicks in England’s 3-2 shootout loss to Italy …

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(Reuters) – Britain’s biggest sportswear retailer JD Sports and rival Elite Sports broke competition law by fixing the retail prices of certain branded clothing products of Rangers Football Club, UK’s competition watchdog provisionally found on Tuesday. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), in its provisional findings, said that all the three parties allegedly colluded to …

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(Reuters) -Ted Baker said on Tuesday its preferred suitor will not make a takeover offer for the British fashion chain and that the company would now weigh other proposals received as part of the formal sale process, sending its shares tumbling nearly 19%. The London-listed group had put itself up for sale in April and …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Global education group Pearson has agreed to sell its local K12 Courseware businesses in Italy and Germany to Sanoma Corporation for 163 million pounds ($203 million), it said on Tuesday. The British company, emerging from years of turbulence sparked by the U.S. education market moving online, launched a strategic review of its …

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LONDON (Reuters) – The Financial Reporting Council has fined accounting firm PwC around 5 million pounds ($6.22 million) as part of a package of sanctions following an investigation into audit failures at construction firms Kier and Galliford Try. The FRC, Britain’s accounting watchdog, said PwC and audit partner Jonathan Hook had failed in a number …

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