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UK PM Liz Truss faces growing pressure to rip up tax-slashing plans
(Alliance News) - UK Prime Minister Liz Truss was under fire from her own MPs as they demanded more U-turns on her tax-slashing agenda after she ruled out spending cuts...
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Airlines fear UK plans for greener jet fuel could fail
(Alliance News) - UK ambitions to produce greener aviation fuel could fail without further financial support from the government, airlines have warned....
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LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Stocks down as BoE confirms end to bond-buying
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London closed in the red on Wednesday, as discouraging economic data and mixed signals from the UK's central bank weighed on investor sentiment. ...
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IMF warns against 'costly' tax cuts to fight inflation
(Alliance News) - Soaring food and energy prices are raising the risk of social unrest, but attempting to tame costs through tax cuts, subsidies and price controls would be too...
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LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: FTSE treads water as BoE says gilt buying to end
(Alliance News) - European equities struggled for direction on Wednesday, though avoided the volatility seen in recent days, while attention was on the UK government bond market as the Bank...
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TOP NEWS: Bank of England confirms bond-buying scheme will end Friday
(Alliance News) - The Bank of England has confirmed that its bond-buying scheme that was introduced following new Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng's mini-budget will come to an end this Friday, as...
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TOP NEWS: Taylor Maritime makes conditional Grindrod Shipping offer
(Alliance News) - Taylor Maritime Investment Ltd has made a voluntary conditional cash offer for all shares it does not already own in Grindrod Shipping Holdings Ltd, the two companies...
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LONDON MARKET OPEN: Stocks fall as eyes on gilts; Fed minutes ahead
(Alliance News) - It was another less-than-stellar open for European equities on Wednesday, amid fears of a UK bond market cliff-edge, with the Bank of England due to pull its...
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PRESS: BoE may extend gilt programme to avoid cliff-edge - FT
(Alliance News) - The Bank of England has privately signalled that it may be willing to extend an emergency UK government bond buying programme beyond this week, the Financial Times...
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LONDON BRIEFING: Hopes of BoE gilt buying reprieve; UK GDP falls
(Alliance News) - Hopes that the Bank of England will extend emergency gilt buying and avoid a bond market cliff-edge were given a boost early Wednesday....
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