Sunak announces UK growth upgrade, pledges to control inflation
Finance minister Rishi Sunak said stronger economic growth and lower borrowing would allow him to increase public spending as Britain emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, and he...
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Britain’s Sunak tries to move on from pandemic with new spending
Finance minister Rishi Sunak will try to show that he is moving Britain on from the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday when he announces multi-billion-pound investments...
UK’s Sunak to unfreeze public sector wages, Treasury says
British finance minister Rishi Sunak will unfreeze public sector pay when he presents his budget in two days’ time, the finance ministry said on Monday....
Britain to raise minimum wage to 9.50 pounds a hour
Britain will announce a rise in its minimum wage for those aged 23 and over to 9.50 pounds ($13.06) per hour from 8.91 pounds in...
UK’s Sunak says inflation, rates feed into budget thinking
British finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Sunday that the outlook for interest rates and inflation will feed into his thinking ahead of next week’s...
Tesco says online services disrupted by interference ‘attempt’
British supermarket chain Tesco (TSCO.L) said on Sunday that its website and app had been disrupted by an attempt to interfere with its systems. “Since...
UK plans 8 billion pounds of extra health and education spending
British finance minister Rishi Sunak plans a 5 billion pound ($6.9 billion) programme to fund health research and 3 billion pounds of extra funding for...
UK police investigating 2017 Manchester attack arrest a man
British police investigating the 2017 Manchester Arena suicide bombing attack arrested a man on Friday on suspicion of a terror offence, Greater Manchester Police said....
Greaves remembered as funny and generous family man at funeral
Family, friends and former team-mates paid a fond farewell to football great Jimmy Greaves at his funeral today. Greaves, who died last month aged 81,...
British prosecutors charge Ali Harbi Ali with murder of lawmaker Amess
British prosecutors said on Thursday they had authorised police to charge Ali Harbi Ali, 25, with murder of lawmaker David Amess, who was stabbed to...
Britain faces ‘massacre’ of 20 more bust energy suppliers, Scottish Power says
Britain’s energy market faces an absolute massacre that could force at least 20 suppliers into bankruptcy in the next month alone unless the government reviews...
UK borrowing down by half as Sunak readies budget
British public borrowing fell by almost half in the first six months of the current financial year from a post-World War Two high a year...
UK and New Zealand strike free trade deal
Britain and New Zealand have reached agreement in principle on a free trade deal designed to reduce tariffs, improve services trade, and take London one...
Bank of England to raise rates to 0.25 per cent in Q1, possibly sooner
The Bank of England will be the first major central bank to raise interest rates in the post-pandemic cycle but economists polled by Reuters think...
Lawmakers probe timeline of NatWest money laundering investigation
British lawmakers have asked the Financial Conduct Authority why it took five years to prosecute NatWest (NWG.L) for failing to prevent the laundering of nearly...
Royal rest: Queen Elizabeth cancels visit on doctors’ advice
Queen Elizabeth, the world’s longest-reigning monarch, decided on Wednesday to rest for the next few days on advice from doctors and cancelled a planned visit...
UK health service facing growing winter pressures, want some restrictions to be reintroduced
The National Health Service is close to the edge of being overwhelmed in many parts of Britain and pressure is only going to increase as...
Queen declines Oldie award and says ‘you are only as old as you feel’
By Laura Elston The Queen may be 95 but she has turned down the Oldie of the Year trophy because she feels she does not...
Days after lawmaker’s murder prompted fears, UK minister accosted by crowd
A senior British minister was accosted on the street by angry protesters as he walked to an office in central London on Tuesday, days after...
‘Green is good’ says UK’s Johnson, wooing Wall Street dollars
By William James British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced nearly 10 billion pounds ($13.72 billion) of private investment in green projects on Tuesday and courted...