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UK mortgage approvals shrink in December as borrowing costs surge
(Alliance News) - 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 showed Tuesday....
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LONDON MARKET EARLY CALL: FTSE 100 called down as IMF warns on UK GDP
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open lower on Tuesday, following data from the International Monetary Fund warning that UK economy will shrink this year, despite growth...
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UK PM Rishi Sunak hails Brexit as 'huge opportunity', three years on
(Alliance News) - 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 after the...
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UK economy set for sharp contraction in weakest performance among G7
(Alliance News) - 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 nations, the...
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UK PM fires Conservative Party chair Zahawi after "serious breach"
(Alliance News) - Nadhim Zahawi has been sacked as Conservative Party chair by UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, after an ethics inquiry into the handling of his tax affairs found...
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Starmer to tell UK Labour party conference "sound money" is essential
(Alliance News) - Keir Starmer will say that the work of "never again" never stops, as he uses a speech in London to emphasise how the party has changed under...
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UK chancellor says has never paid tax fine amid calls to oust Zahawi
(Alliance News) - UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said he has never paid a tax fine, as ministers' financial affairs come under scrutiny amid growing calls from Conservatives for Nadhim Zahawi...
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TOP NEWS: Key US inflationary gauge continues downward trend
(Alliance News) - A key US inflationary reading fell year-on-year in December, figures on Friday showed, continuing its downward trend....
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UK chancellor focuses on inflation over tax cuts in growth plan
(Alliance News) - The UK chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, said the "best tax cut right now is a cut in inflation" as he outlined how he plans to use Brexit and...
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LONDON MARKET EARLY CALL: London called up after Wall Street rally
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London are set to extend their gains on Friday, after Wall Street rallied on Thursday following some hopeful US economic data....
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