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LONDON (Reuters) – A Church of England bishop on Monday urged its incoming interim leader to quit over his handling of a sexual abuse case, only weeks after his predecessor was forced to resign as archbishop of Canterbury in a similar case. The BBC said Stephen Cottrell, the archbishop of York, had in a previous …

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LONDON (Reuters) – A woman who threw a banana milkshake over Britain’s Reform Party leader Nigel Farage during this year’s general election campaign has been handed a suspended sentence, PA Media reported on Monday. Victoria Thomas Bowen’s 13-week prison sentence was suspended for 12 months after she admitted to assault, PA said, meaning she will …

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By Greta Rosen Fondahn (Reuters) – Sterling rose against the dollar and euro on Monday as a survey of business activity pointed to a rise in prices in Britain and as investors braced for a string of central bank meetings this week, including the Bank of England on Thursday. British businesses this month cut staff …

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By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -British businesses cut staffing by the most since the COVID pandemic and reported the sharpest confidence drop also since the lockdowns, according to two surveys that placed much of the blame on the new government’s tax increases. The preliminary S&P Global Flash Composite Purchasing Managers’ Index for December and a …

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LONDON (Reuters) – British house prices are expected to increase next year as borrowing costs and affordability constraints ease, despite a rise in home purchase taxes that will take effect from April, mortgage lender Nationwide said on Monday. Prices are expected to rise by 2% to 4% in 2025, Nationwide said. “Providing the economy continues …

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BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany, Britain and France said on Monday they were “extremely concerned” about Iran’s acceleration in its capacity for enrichment of uranium, urging Iran to halt and reverse these steps. Rafael Grossi, head of the UN nuclear watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told Reuters on Friday that Iran was accelerating its enrichment …

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LONDON/BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will close a legal loophole that enabled human traffickers to store the small boats they use to cross the English Channel as part of a broader German-British deal to tackle people-smuggling, the British interior ministry said. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, elected to office in July, has prioritised cracking down on …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s finance ministry said it would ask government departments to cut waste, including spending that does not align with policy priorities, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer seeks to overhaul how the public sector works. The Treasury said in a statement that every pound the government spends would be subjected to a line-by-line …

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