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Sterling slides as UK wage growth cools and jobless rate rises

Sterling was last down 0.55% against the dollar at $1.3555, its lowest since February 6, having traded at $1.3613 before the figures were released International...

UK jobless rate climbs, adding to Bank of England rate cut bets

The unemployment rate edged up to 5.2% in the last three months of 2025, the highest since 2015 excluding the pandemic period when it...

Germany to extend border checks by six months, minister tells Bild

The corresponding notification is currently being sent to the European Commission, the newspaper reported citing sources in the government International News via Reuters: Germany will extend...

UK eyes rapid ban on social media for under 16s, curbs to AI chatbots

Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government last month launched a consultation on a social media ban for children under 16 International News via Reuters: Britain could bring...

London stocks edge higher as financials bounce back

The internationally-focused FTSE 100 edged up 0.41% to 10,488.79 points by 0925 GMT, while the domestically-focused FTSE 250 index climbed 0.36% to 23,513.26 points International...

UK considering earlier hike in defence spending, BBC says

Britain, which has warned of the risks posed by Russia, said in February 2025 that it would increase annual defence spending to 2.5% of...

Sailing-Britain’s Caffari set for Antigua’s Nelson’s Cup challenge

Competing aboard the Swan 58 WaveWalker, Caffari headlines a regatta that has become a key Caribbean proving ground ahead of the RORC Caribbean 600 International...

Bank of England’s Pill sees underlying inflation at 2.5%, rates slightly too low

Pill has voted against the BoE's last four interest rate cuts and said interest rates were now "a little bit too low", although just...

FTSE 100 marks third-straight week of gains, shaking off global woes

The blue‑chip FTSE 100 rose 0.4%, hovering below record highs touched on Thursday International News via Reuters: Britain's FTSE 100 locked in a third straight week...

Schroders agrees $13.5 billion sale to Nuveen as family sells out

The acquisition, which will see the British money manager's founding family sell up, will create a combined group with $2.5 trillion of assets under...

UK’s SFO reviews 20 cases after bribery prosecution collapses

The demise of the London Mining case is the latest prosecution to collapse after the SFO had problems with disclosing relevant evidence to the...

UK launches public-interest, competition probe into Daily Mail-Telegraph takeover

Nandy said in a written statement that she had issued a so-called public interest intervention notice due to concerns the acquisition could affect the...
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