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UK’s Currys warns memory chip shortage will push up prices

Chief Executive Alex Baldock said AI and data centres were eating up the world's supply of silicon International News via Reuters: Higher prices for smartphones, laptops...

UK’s Starmer apologises to mothers and children traumatised by decades of forced adoptions

An estimated 185,000 children were separated from their mothers in Britain International News via Reuters: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday apologised to women forced...

Sterling hits one-year high versus euro; rallies as dollar takes yen hit

The euro slipped to 85.47 pence, its lowest since June last year, and was last down 0.2% against the pound International News via Reuters: The pound...

UK house prices flat in June but outlook brightens, Nationwide says

House prices rose by an annual 2.2% in June, below a 2.4% rise forecast in a Reuters poll of economists International News via Reuters: British annual...

UK sets out teacher pay hikes that should outpace inflation

Teachers' pay will increase by 3.5% from September, and by 3% from September 2027, representing a cumulative 17% rise since the country's Labour government...

UK manufacturing activity cools despite stockpiling boost to output, PMI shows

The final version of S&P Global's UK ‌Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index for June fell to 52.5, below a preliminary estimate of 53.1 and May's...

Pound falls as dollar forges higher ahead of Fed’s Warsh comments

Sterling was down 0.23% at $1.3234, having risen for the past four days, marking its longest stretch of daily gains in a month International News...

London’s FTSE 100 inches lower on Middle East deal doubts

The internationally focussed FTSE 100 index fell 0.1% by 0923 GMT, while the midcap FTSE 250 rose 0.4% International News via Reuters: The UK's blue-chip FTSE...

BoE’s Bailey sees no rush to act on interest rates

Bailey said past increases in oil prices meant British inflation looked likely to rise to around 3.2% later this year from 2.8% in May,...

Food and transport systems are likely to take longer than energy markets to recover

In what is most likely his last major policy announcement, Starmer said the plan had been sharpened and went further than a previous document...

Britain must invest £89 billion to upgrade power grid, operator says

The latest National Energy System Operator estimate represents a rise of around 53% from a plan announced in 2024 International News via Reuters: Britain must invest...

Sterling snaps three-day winning streak vs dollar, holds firm vs euro

Moves were muted, but sterling snapped a three-day run of gains against the dollar and was last down 0.2% at $1.3233 International News via Reuters: The...
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