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Organiser Festival Republic said his permission to enter and perform in Britain had been withdrawn on Tuesday and the three-day event had been cancelled...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

Britain agrees full text of US-UK pharmaceutical trade deal

The agreement, reached as part of a wider U.S.-UK trade accord signed last year, commits Washington to a zero tariff on British pharmaceutical exports...

UK firms report biggest jump in price expectations in nearly two years, BoE survey shows

The BoE is keeping a close watch on companies' pricing plans as it tries to gauge how much of the spike in energy prices...

UK to host talks with 35 countries on reopening 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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