UK economy

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FTSE 100 hits one-month high, Countryside soars after takeover approach

(Reuters) -UK’s FTSE 100 hit over one-month highs on Monday, as an easing of China’s COVID-19 curbs...

30th May, 2022

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Sterling steady near one-month high

LONDON (Reuters) – The British pound traded little changed against a faltering U.S. dollar on Monday...

30th May, 2022

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Prince William holds future of British monarchy in his hands

By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) – While nearly all attention will be focused next week on Queen E...

27th May, 2022

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UK equities head for best week since mid-March

By Sruthi Shankar (Reuters) – UK’s FTSE 100 inched higher on Friday, putting the blue-chip index on...

27th May, 2022

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Sterling heads for second weekly gain after UK household support plan

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s pound looked set for a second weekly rise and was close to a one-month...

27th May, 2022

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UK household support package will have ‘minimal impact’ on inflation – Sunak

By William James and David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -British finance minister Rishi Sunak said on F...

27th May, 2022

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Analysis-Britain’s shrunken workforce hampers COVID recovery

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s economy regained its pre-COVID size late last year, b...

27th May, 2022

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UK’s Johnson salutes ‘Elizabeth the Great’ ahead of queen’s Platinum Jubilee

LONDON (Reuters) -Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other British political leaders paid tribute to “...

26th May, 2022

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Pound touches 3-week high, UK household support plan in place

By Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) -Sterling briefly touched its highest level in three weeks on T...

26th May, 2022

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Analysis-Britain’s shrunken workforce hampers COVID recovery

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s economy regained its pre-COVID size late last year, b...

26th May, 2022

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UK inflation is causing ‘acute distress’, Sunak says

LONDON (Reuters) -British finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Thursday that high inflation was caus...

26th May, 2022

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Factbox-What is a windfall tax and when has Britain used it?

LONDON (Reuters) – The British government is expected to announce a windfall tax on oil and gas comp...

26th May, 2022