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Pound dips but set for biggest weekly rise since January on Iran hopes

Sterling slipped 0.15% to $1.342 but was on track for a weekly increase of 1.7%, the biggest such rise since mid-January International News via Reuters: The...

UK stocks lose steam on Middle East ceasefire doubts

The blue-chip FTSE 100 closed 0.1% lower at 10,603.5 points and the FTSE 250 was down 1% International News via Reuters: The UK's FTSE 100 edged lower...

UK stocks pull back after rally on Middle East ceasefire doubts

The blue-chip FTSE 100 dipped 0.3% by 0927 GMT, while the midcap FTSE 250 slipped 1.1% International News via Reuters: The main UK stock indexes eased...

UK lenders expect demand for mortgages to rise in Q2

The BoE's quarterly Credit Conditions Survey also showed demand for unsecured consumer lending was likely to remain unchanged International News via Reuters: British lenders expect to...

Some smugglers shift to Belgium from France to move migrants into UK

Though numbers remain comparatively small, there have been 17 such departures this year, compared with no more than two per year since 2021, police...

Pound heads for biggest gain in three weeks after US/Iran ceasefire

Sterling is just 0.4% below where it was prior to the start of the conflict in late February and was last up 1% on...

Kanye West refused entry to UK, Wireless Festival cancelled

Organiser Festival Republic said his permission to enter and perform in Britain had been withdrawn on Tuesday and the three-day event had been cancelled...

UK stocks fall in broad-based declines as Trump’s Iran deadline looms

Trump threatened that "a whole civilization will die tonight" as Iran showed no sign of accepting his ultimatum to open the Strait of Hormuz...

UK caps student loan interest rates at 6% citing global inflation risks

The student loan system in England and Wales has drawn criticism and Prime Minister Keir Starmer said in February he would look at ways...

Sterling not far from early March levels against the euro

Britain is highly exposed to energy imports and investors remain nervous about the country's fragile public finances International News via Reuters: Sterling edged higher on Tuesday...

Pressure mounts on UK government to ban Kanye West after festival backlash

West, now known as Ye, has been criticised in the past for antisemitic remarks and celebration of Nazism, which have led on several occasions...

FTSE 100 closes higher after Britain’s move to hold talks on Strait of Hormuz

British foreign minister Yvette Cooper will chair the virtual meeting of about 35 countries, including France, Germany, Italy, Canada and the United Arab Emirates...
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