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LONDON (Reuters) – A senior lawmaker in Britain’s ruling Conservative Party called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resign on Tuesday, saying he did not believe “he is worthy of the great office that he holds”. Mark Harper, a former chief whip who helped maintain party discipline, told Johnson in the chamber that he needed …

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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday apologised to parliament for breaking COVID rules with a gathering on his birthday after he was fined by the police last week. Johnson and finance minister Rishi Sunak were fined while parliament was on Easter recess. Lawmakers will hold a vote on Thursday on whether …

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By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -Britain faces slower economic growth and more persistent inflation than any other major economy next year, the International Monetary Fund forecast on Tuesday as part of a broader downgrade to global growth prospects. The IMF warned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was amplifying inflation pressures that were already present across Western …

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(Reuters) – Manchester United only need a couple of good transfer windows to get them playing to a similar standard as Liverpool, interim manager Ralf Rangnick said on Monday. Liverpool have won the Premier League, Champions League, League Cup, Super Cup and Club World Cup over the last four seasons, a period during which United …

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(Reuters) – Derby County manager Wayne Rooney said he hoped former owner Mel Morris loses sleep over the club’s relegation to the third tier of English football. Derby were handed two separate deductions worth 21 points for entering administration and breaching financial rules earlier in the season, with their 1-0 loss at Queens Park Rangers …

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(Reuters) – British boxer Amir Khan said he had been robbed at gunpoint in in London but that both he and his wife were unharmed in the incident. “Just had my watch taken off me at gun point in East London, Leyton,” Khan wrote on Twitter. “I crossed the road with Faryal (Makhdoom), luckily she …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain is not going to be looking at how to help Russia, a senior minister said on Tuesday when asked about the prospect of swapping pro-Russian politician Viktor Medvedchuk for two British fighters who were captured in Ukraine by Russian forces. The Britons appeared on Russian state TV on Monday and asked to …

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By Isabel Kua (Reuters) – A Rolls-Royce design for a small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) will likely receive UK regulatory approval by mid-2024 and be able to produce grid power by 2029, Paul Stein, chairman of Rolls-Royce Small Modular Reactors, told Reuters. The British government asked its nuclear regulator to start the approval process in …

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(Reuters) -Two British fighters captured in Ukraine by Russian forces appeared on Russian state TV on Monday and asked to be exchanged for a Ukrainian ally of President Vladimir Putin who is being held by the Ukrainian authorities. It was unclear how freely the two men – Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin – were able …

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