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Britain’s energy price cap to rise 13% in July, Cornwall Insight says

Energy bills are forecast to rise by 209 pounds ($280) to 1,850 pounds a year for a typical dual-fuel household from July International News via...

Sterling slips after UK jobs data, politics in focus

The Office for National Statistics said the jobs drop was the biggest since May 2020, at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, but stressed...

Bank of England’s Greene says central banks can’t assume Iran war impact will be temporary

Greene voted with the majority of her colleagues on the BoE's Monetary Policy Committee to keep rates on hold in April but said at...

UK firms should take steps to limit risks from frontier AI models, UK says

Last month BoE governor Andrew Bailey said he saw major cybersecurity risks from Anthropic's ​Mythos product International News via Reuters: British companies should take steps to...

UK Labour Party says it will let Burnham run for parliamentary seat

Burnham had sought the permission of Labour's National Executive Committee to stand in the by-election International News via Reuters: Britain's governing Labour Party said on Friday...

UK stocks drop as Burnham challenge and rising oil frazzle nerves

Burnham said on Thursday he would seek to contest a parliamentary seat becoming vacant after a colleague decided to stand down International News via Reuters: British...

UK shares slide as Burnham leadership threat and oil prices unsettle investors

Burnham said on Thursday he would seek to contest a parliamentary seat becoming vacant after a colleague's decision to stand down, potentially paving the...

UK 30-year gilt yield hits highest since 1998 on political and inflation fears

Britain no longer issues much debt at 20- and 30-year maturities but the bonds' yields are sometimes seen as a barometer of investor concerns...

UK’s Starmer faces survival battle as potential rivals circle

Disastrous results for the governing Labour Party in local elections last week have plunged Britain into a new crisis, just under two years after...

Britain’s foreign minister plans to visit China in early June, sources say

The June 2-3 trip will take Cooper to Beijing for talks with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi and then to the southern tech hub...

Britain’s pound, stocks and bonds fall on political uncertainty, global inflation angst

Sterling fell to a five-week low and is down almost 2% against the dollar this week, set for its biggest weekly drop since November...

Senior UK minister resigns, calls for a leadership contest to oust PM Starmer

Disastrous results for the governing Labour Party in local elections last week have plunged Britain into a new crisis, just under two years after...
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