By Padraic Halpin, Kate Holton and Elizabeth Piper (Reuters) – Britain said on Tuesday it would push ahead with a new law to effectively override parts of a post-Brexit trade deal for Northern Ireland, inflaming tensions with Europe. Below are details on how trade rules work in Northern Ireland, the impact it has had on …
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LONDON (Reuters) – A British lawmaker from Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party has been arrested on suspicion of rape and other sexual offences committed over a seven-year period. London’s Metropolitan Police said a man, aged in his 50s, had been arrested on suspicion of indecent assault, sexual assault, rape, abuse of position of trust, …
LONDON (Reuters) -British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Tuesday she intends to introduce legislation in the coming weeks to make changes to the Northern Ireland protocol, which was part of the Brexit divorce deal. “I am announcing our intention to introduce legislation in the coming weeks to make changes in the protocol,” she told …
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(Reuters) -The English Football League (EFL) on Tuesday gave its conditional approval to American businessman Chris Kirchner’s proposed acquisition of Derby County. Earlier on Tuesday, administrators for the English club said they had exchanged contracts for the sale of the club, with the completion of the sale expected by May 31. “The EFL Board has …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -The finance ministers of the Group of Seven economic powers want to put together a 15 billion euro ($15.8 billion) aid package for Ukraine at their meeting in Bonn this week, a senior German government official said on Tuesday. The package would cover three months, with a short-term financing arrangement mainly in the …
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By Sachin Ravikumar and Shanima A (Reuters) -M&C Saatchi on Tuesday rejected a fourth takeover offer from its biggest investor Vin Murria, saying the “derisory” proposal worth 253.6 million pounds ($316.4 million) undervalued the British advertising group’s business. Software entrepreneur Murria’s acquisition vehicle AdvancedAdvT announced the fresh offer earlier, giving M&C investors a choice between …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Tuesday if energy companies didn’t reinvest profits back into jobs, growth and energy security then no option is off the table when it comes to the possibility of introducing windfall taxes. “And what we want to see are energy companies who have made extraordinary profits …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The cost-of-living squeeze in Britain has led to two in three people in the country turning off their heating, almost half are driving less or changing supermarkets and just over a quarter say they have skipped meals, a survey showed. Among people on lower incomes, one in three people say they have …
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By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -A libel trial pitting the wives of two former England soccer strikers Wayne Rooney and Jamie Vardy saw Vardy’s wife Rebekah take the stand on Tuesday and deny accusations she had leaked stories to the press about Rooney’s wife Coleen. Their battle, mixing glamour, amateur sleuthing and intimate revelations has …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Food price inflation in Britain could hit 10% this year, the chairman of upmarket retailer Marks & Spencer, said on Tuesday. “It wouldn’t be surprising to see food price inflation over the course of the year running towards 8-10%,” Archie Norman told BBC radio. “But we don’t know that yet because it runs …
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