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UK's Burnham opens 'No10 North' to shift economic power from London
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham will on Friday open a new government base in Manchester dubbed "No10 North" in a nod to his 10 Downing Street office in London, as he seeks to ...
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Former BBC journalist awarded £20,000 from NI police, MI5 for unlawfully obtaining phone data
Northern Ireland police and Britain's domestic intelligence agency MI5 were on Thursday ordered to pay compensation to a former BBC journalist for unlawfully obtaining his phone ...
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London's FTSE 100 muted as miners offset energy gains, ECB decision in focus
Britain's FTSE 100 was little changed on Thursday as weakness in precious metal miners offset gains in energy shares after higher oil prices, while earnings and the ECB's policy d...
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UK police sorry for 'missed opportunity' to stop deadly synagogue attack as associate jailed
British police apologised on Thursday for a "missed opportunity" to possibly stop a deadly attack on a Manchester synagogue last year, as an associate of the attacker was jailed f...
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Pound steady as investors eye oil prices, ECB decision
The pound held steady and was set for its first monthly rise against the dollar since April on Thursday, while investors weighed a jump in oil prices stemming from escalating U.S...
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UK factory orders remain in doldrums, cost pressures jump, CBI says
British manufacturing orders continued to deteriorate in July at the joint-fastest rate since September 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey on Thursday that...
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UK's Mitchells & Butlers Q3 like-for-like sales hit by heatwave
British pub group Mitchells & Butlers on Thursday reported flat third quarter like-for-like sales, citing adverse impact on its food business from the ongoing heatwave , echoing ...
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UK's Heathrow logs lower 1H interim profit as tax, Middle East woes weigh
Britain's Heathrow Airport on Thursday posted lower first half core profit, hurt by higher costs tied to taxes and uncertainty in global travel demand arising from the...
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BT on track to hit fibre target and annual cash flow guidance
BT expects to meet its target of reaching 25 million homes with its fibre network by the end of December, Britain's biggest broadband provider said on Thursday after it reported f...
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China urges Britain to provide fair business environment for Chinese firms
China Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday he hoped that Britain would provide Chinese companies operating in the United Kingdom with a fair, equitable and non-discrimi...
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UK PM Burnham to cut business rates for pubs, clubs and music venues
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham will lower business rates for pubs, clubs and live music venues by 20% from April, Downing Street said on Thursday.
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Britain's FTSE 100 climbs on metals and energy gains; Middle East in focus
London's FTSE 100 edged up on Wednesday, supported by gains in precious metal miners and energy shares, while investors monitored escalating tensions in the Middle East.
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Pound holds firm as soft UK inflation leaves rate-hike bets intact
The pound held steady against the dollar on Wednesday as a softer-than-anticipated inflation reading did little to alter market expectations for interest rate hikes later this yea...
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UK house prices rose by 2.7% in year to May, ONS data shows
British house prices rose by 2.7% in the year to May, after rising by an upwardly revised 3.9% in the year to April, the Office for National Statistics said on Wednesday.
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UK's Burnham targets cheaper bus fares in cost-of-living drive
Britain's new prime minister, Andy Burnham, said on Wednesday he would cut the price of single bus tickets by up to a third as part of early measures to try to ease cost-of-living...
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UK's Liontrust quarterly net outflows ease as institutional clients add funds
British fund manager Liontrust Asset Management reported a slowdown in first-quarter outflows on Wednesday, supported by resilient institutional inflows.
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Britain's new PM promises to cap cost of bus tickets
Britain's new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, promised on Wednesday to cut the price of single bus tickets by up to a third as part of an early push to ease a cost-of-living crisis...
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UK inflation slows to 2.6% in June
Britain's annual rate of consumer price inflation fell to 2.6% in June from 2.8% in May, official figures showed on Wednesday.
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