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Britain could cut visas from countries that don’t accept migrant returns

Britain's new interior minister Shabana Mahmood said counterparts from the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand agreed to the principles at a meeting...

Heavyweight energy, bank shares lift London stocks higher

The blue-chip FTSE 100 was up 0.2% by 1005 GMT, while the domestically focussed mid-cap index added 0.6% International News via Reuters: UK shares nudged higher...

Sterling holds firm against dollar after weak US jobs report

Traders are fully expecting a quarter-point cut from the Federal Reserve when it meets next week International News via Reuters: The pound hovered largely unchanged on...

UK police arrest around 425 at latest protest for banned Palestine Action

Britain banned Palestine Action under anti-terrorism legislation in July after some of its members broke into a Royal Air Force base and damaged military...

Reform’s Farage vows to start preparing for government to make UK ‘great again’

To a prolonged standing ovation by a crowd at the annual party conference, Farage for the first time offered a vision of how Britain...

Britain’s Duchess of Kent, known for her Wimbledon link, dies aged 92

The duchess will be best remembered for her close association with Wimbledon, where from 1969 she helped to hand out the trophies International News via...

UK foreign minister Lammy to be replaced by Cooper, says Guardian reporter

Shabana Mahmood, currently the justice minister, is expected to replace Cooper at the home office - or interior ministry International News via Reuters: Britain's David Lammy...

London stocks edge higher led by industrials, banks; US jobs data in focus

The domestically focused FTSE 250 was up 0.3%, but headed towards its second straight weekly decline International News via Reuters: London shares nudged higher on Friday,...

UK government names former Harvard fund manager to Bank of England FPC

Randall Kroszner, a former U.S. Federal Reserve official, was reappointed to a second three-year term on the FPC International News via Reuters: Britain's government said on...

UK’s Lloyds to put thousands of staff at risk of dismissal

Along with other banks in Britain, Lloyds has reduced its high street presence, saying in January it would shut 136 branches as more customers...

Travel firm Jet2 forecasts lower profit as later bookings trend worsens

The company now sees operating profit towards the lower-end of the expected range of 449 million and 496 million pounds for the year ending...

Sterling steadies as UK bond market frenzy ebbs

Sterling traded a shade higher at $1.3455, heading for a third weekly decline International News via Reuters: The pound drifted on Thursday, in what has been...
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