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UK's Starmer Urges Labour Party to Unite for 'fight of Our Lives'
Nepal Interim PM Vows to Fix 'failure' That Led to Deadly Gen Z Protests
Norway Ruling Labour Party Wins Reelection While Populists Score Gains
Greek PM Unveils Tax Breaks Amid Cost of Living Crisis
UK's Reeves Names Academic Van Reenen as Economic Growth Adviser
Date: September 1, 2025
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's finance minister Rachel Reeves appointed London School of Economics Professor John Van Reenen as an adviser on economic growth, the government said in a statement on Monday...
Irish Consumer Sentiment Improves Slightly in August
Date: August 25, 2025
DUBLIN (Reuters) -Irish consumer sentiment recovered in August from a near two-year low as concerns about the impact of tariffs on European Union exports to the United States appeared to ease, a...
Serbia to Cap Consumer Goods Profit Margins and Personal Loan Rates
Date: August 24, 2025
BELGRADE (Reuters) -Serbia's government will order a cap on food and consumer goods profit margins as well as interest rates on cash loans from next week, populist President Aleksandar Vucic said on...
UK Retailers Say Budget Tax Hikes Risk Hitting Living Standards
Date: August 21, 2025
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's biggest retailers have written to finance minister Rachel Reeves to say that further tax increases in her upcoming budget could undermine the government’s...
UK Public Sector Productivity Picks Up, Still Lower Than Before Pandemic
Date: July 28, 2025
LONDON (Reuters) -British public sector productivity grew at its fastest annual rate in two years in the first quarter of 2025 but remained lower in outright terms than before the pandemic, official...
UK's Watered Down Welfare Reforms Will Push 150,000 Into Poverty, Modelling Shows
Date: June 30, 2025
By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) -New British welfare reforms are still expected to push 150,000 people into poverty despite Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government watering down the measures,...