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Image for UK factories suffer worst month since May 2020 as economy stumbles – PMI
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UK factories suffer worst month since May 2020 as economy stumbles – PMI

LONDON (Reuters) – British manufacturing output and new orders fell by the most in more than two yea...

1st September, 2022

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London stocks fall 1% on weak global growth outlook

By Johann M Cherian and Bansari Mayur Kamdar (Reuters) -UK’s FTSE 100 index fell sharply on Thursday...

1st September, 2022

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UK house prices speed up but slowdown coming, Nationwide says

LONDON (Reuters) – British house prices rose at a faster monthly pace in August than in July but the...

1st September, 2022

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Investors flee UK bonds, pushing gilts to huge monthly loss

LONDON (Reuters) -Investors alarmed at Britain’s bleak economic outlook and political uncertainty du...

31st August, 2022

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Britain’s Queen Elizabeth will appoint new prime minister at Balmoral

LONDON (Reuters) -Queen Elizabeth will break with tradition to appoint Britain’s new prime minister...

31st August, 2022

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UK energy bill help won’t lower inflation, statisticians rule

By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) -British government energy bill rebates for households cannot be view...

31st August, 2022

Image for UK 10-year bonds head for biggest monthly fall since 1986
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UK 10-year bonds head for biggest monthly fall since 1986

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – British government bonds tumbled again on Tuesday, catching up...

30th August, 2022

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UK credit card borrowing rises by most since 2005 – BoE

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – British credit card borrowing grew at the fastest pace since 20...

30th August, 2022

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Britain’s bleak outlook sets sterling to downward spiral

By Joice Alves LONDON (Reuters) – Sterling edged lower on Tuesday against the euro and was set for i...

30th August, 2022

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Banks, oil majors lift British shares higher

By Bansari Mayur Kamdar and Johann M Cherian (Reuters) -UK’s FTSE 100 reversed early losses on Tuesd...

30th August, 2022

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Analysis-Forget showering, it’s eat or heat for shocked Europeans hit by energy crisis

By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin and Canan Sevgili LONDON (Reuters) – No more ironing, limited oven use and...

26th August, 2022

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Thousands of British postal workers walk out over pay

LONDON (Reuters) – More than 115,000 workers at Britain’s Royal Mail began the first of four days of...

26th August, 2022