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UPDATE: Mordaunt throws hat in ring in race to be new UK PM
(Alliance News) - Penny Mordaunt has become the first candidate to throw her hat into the ring in the race to succeed Liz Truss as UK prime minister, with a...
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Next UK PM's job to decide on Hunt's Halloween budget plan
(Alliance News) - The new UK prime minister will have to decide whether to go ahead with the planned Halloween statement setting out how the government intends to get the...
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UK Covid-19 infections hit two million but increase may be slowing
(Alliance News) - Total Covid-19 infections in the UK have climbed above two million for the first time since July, but levels are not rising in all parts of the...
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UPDATE: UK defence secretary backs former PM Johnson to take charge
(Alliance News) - UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has thrown his weight behind Boris Johnson to succeed Liz Truss as prime minister as he ruled himself out of the Tory...
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LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Retailers lead decline; pound slides to USD1.11
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London sank deeper into the red by midday on Friday, with clothing retailers particularly struggling after gloomy consumer confidence and retail sales data for...
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UK by-election to come as Chester Labour MP Chris Matheson resigns
(Alliance News) - Labour MP Christian Matheson has resigned after a report by a UK parliamentary watchdog found him guilty of "serious sexual misconduct"....
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Stability of UK economy in Ireland's interest - finance minister
(Alliance News) - Ireland's finance minister has said it is in Ireland's interest that the UK economy is stable in the wake of the departure of Liz Truss as prime...
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Barclays faces fine for "reckless" failures over Qatari funding
(Alliance News) - Banking firm Barclays PLC has been hit with a GBP50 million fine from the UK's financial watchdog over failures to disclose arrangements with Qatari investors when it...
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UPDATE: UK chancellor to do "whatever necessary" to bring down debt
(Alliance News) - The UK chancellor has vowed to do "whatever necessary" to drag government debt lower after official figures revealed that borrowing swelled to GBP20 billion in September....
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Speculation mounts over who will bid to replace departing UK PM Truss
(Alliance News) - Tories have begun to declare their allegiances in the party's second leadership contest of the year as speculation mounts over who will seek to replace UK Prime...
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