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UK Border Force officers in major ports to strike during half-term

UK Border Force officers in major ports including in France are to strike during half-term in the long-running dispute over jobs, pay and conditions, it...

Wed, 01/02/2023 - 05:55


UK faces disruption as hundreds of thousands of workers strike

Hundreds of thousands of UK workers – including school teachers – are going on strike for what will be the biggest day of industrial action...

Wed, 01/02/2023 - 05:51


TOP NEWS: UK shop price inflation hits new heights in January

UK shop prices are at record highs after inflation accelerated in January, with a warning that the peak is yet to arrive.

Prices are now 8%...

Wed, 01/02/2023 - 05:48


UK mortgage approvals shrink in December as borrowing costs surge

UK mortgage approvals sunk to a two-and-a-half year low last month, with would-be home buyers deterred by rising rates, figures from the Bank of England...

Tue, 31/01/2023 - 11:58


TOP NEWS: Discounters thrive as UK grocery price inflation hits record

UK grocery price inflation spiked to a record high this month, while discount supermarket chains achieved more market share gains at the expense of industry...

Tue, 31/01/2023 - 08:51


UK court to examine legality of resuming Saudi arms sales

London’s High Court will on Tuesday examine the legality of a UK government decision to renew selling arms to Saudi Arabia that could be used...

Tue, 31/01/2023 - 06:20


UK PM Rishi Sunak hails Brexit as ’huge opportunity’, three years on

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday defended Brexit, insisting that leaving the EU had brought significant achievements and offered a ‘huge opportunity’, three years...

Tue, 31/01/2023 - 06:16


UK economy set for sharp contraction in weakest performance among G7

Britain’s economy will slam into reverse this year as the cost-of-living crisis hits households hard and will see the worst performance of all the advanced...

Tue, 31/01/2023 - 06:16


M&S chair says UK’s ‘baffling’ post-Brexit plans will wreck trade

Marks & Spencer Group PLC’s chair has become the latest business leader to criticise the UK government’s economic policy, with Archie Norman calling plans to...

Thu, 26/01/2023 - 05:51


UK broadband firms urged to axe mid-contract exit fees as prices rise

Broadband firms in the UK have been urged to drop penalties for customers leaving mid-contract amid concerns of impending ‘exorbitant’ price rises or exit fees...

Thu, 26/01/2023 - 05:50


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