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Image for UK's Bellway raises home building forecast after strong spring
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UK's Bellway raises home building forecast after strong spring

By Anandita Mehrotra (Reuters) -British homebuilder Bellway raised its forecast on Tuesday for the n...

10th June, 2025

Image for UK shoppers slow spending after April bounce, surveys show
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UK shoppers slow spending after April bounce, surveys show

By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) -British consumer spending lost momentum in May after a bounce the...

9th June, 2025

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Britain to invest further 14.2 billion pounds in Sizewell C nuclear project

By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) -Britain will invest 14.2 billion pounds ($19.25 billion) to bui...

9th June, 2025

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UK to spend more than $8 billion on submarine-building capacity

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain will invest over six billion pounds ($8.13 billion) in its submarine build...

9th June, 2025

Image for Sterling rises against a weaker dollar ahead of UK's spending plan
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Sterling rises against a weaker dollar ahead of UK's spending plan

By Linda Pasquini (Reuters) -Sterling rose against the dollar on Monday, as the greenback weakened a...

9th June, 2025

Image for UK restores winter fuel payments to millions of pensioners in major U-turn
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UK restores winter fuel payments to millions of pensioners in major U-turn

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain will make winter fuel payments to millions of older people this winter, in...

9th June, 2025

Image for UK private-sector pay settlements fall despite higher minimum wage, data shows
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UK private-sector pay settlements fall despite higher minimum wage, data shows

LONDON (Reuters) -Typical annual pay settlements offered by British companies in the three months to...

8th June, 2025

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UK seeks to extend ban on bottom trawling fishing in English seas

LONDON (Reuters) -The British government said on Monday it planned to extend a ban on bottom trawlin...

8th June, 2025

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Bank of England is 'not sanguine' about inflation hump, Greene says

DUBROVNIK, Croatia (Reuters) -The Bank of England still expects the ongoing rise in UK inflation to...

7th June, 2025

Image for Sterling set to end week higher with spending plans in focus
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Sterling set to end week higher with spending plans in focus

By Johann M Cherian (Reuters) -Sterling was on track to finish the week higher on Friday, supported...

6th June, 2025

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UK to end ban on retail investors buying crypto exchange-traded notes

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's financial regulator is to remove a ban on consumers buying crypto exchan...

6th June, 2025

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UK government to set out $3 trillion make-or-break spending plan

By David Milliken and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rachel Reeves will...

6th June, 2025