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UK Consumer Sentiment Suffers First Big Fall in Nearly 3 Years, Deloitte Says
UK to Hold Inquiry Into Miners Strike 'Battle of Orgreave' Four Decades On
HeadlinesUk, India Likely to Unveil Trade Deal Next Week, Including Whisky, EVs, Textiles, Sources Say
Pound Mixed at End of Busy Data Week, BoE Policy Top of Mind for Traders
FTSE 100 Logs Fourth Straight Week of Gains on Rate Cut Optimism, Earnings
Date: July 18, 2025
By Ankita Yadav (Reuters) -London's main stock indexes rose on Friday, with the blue-chip index hovering near record highs, aided by a slew of positive updates from companies such as Burberry. The...
Wall Street Brokerages Pull September BoE Rate Cut Calls as Inflation Proves Sticky
Date: July 18, 2025
(Reuters) -Major Wall Street brokerages have withdrawn their expectations for a September interest rate cut by the Bank of England, as inflation remains sticky and the labour market resilient....
Analysis-Foreign Investors Are Warming to London's Unloved Stocks
Date: July 18, 2025
By Amanda Cooper and Lucy Raitano LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's stock market finally appears to be reversing years of underperformance against the rest of Europe, as a UK/U.S. trade deal, lighter...
UK's Labour Suspends Lawmaker Diane Abbott Again Over Race Remark
Date: July 17, 2025
LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour Party suspended Diane Abbott, the country's longest-serving female lawmaker, on Thursday after she stood by her earlier remarks on racism...
Britain Boosts Computing Power in $1.3 Billion AI Drive
Date: July 17, 2025
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain set out its plan to invest 1 billion pounds ($1.34 billion) in computing infrastructure to drive the development of artificial intelligence, which will increase its public...
Factbox-Evolution of the UK Electorate From Landowners to Suffragettes to 16-year-old Voters
Date: July 17, 2025
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain on Thursday set out plans to lower the voting age to 16 in a landmark reform to the process that underpins one of the world's oldest parliaments. Who can currently vote? At...