58 h. ago Eurozone interest rate cut expected; fintech Wise delivers blow to London stock market – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsMay was the busiest month for UK house sales since March 2022, new data from Rightmove this morning shows.Across Great Britain, the number of sales agreed is now 6% ahead of the same period last year, Rightmove reports. But London is lagging, with sales just 1% higher than a year ago. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Jack Draper and Emma Raducanu agreement as Brit makes girlfriend confession

Despite their standing on the court, Jack Draper and Emma Raducanu have lifted the lid on the tough realities that come with being two of the game's biggest stars

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2 w. ago Jeremy Corbyn criticises Starmer’s ‘island of strangers’ speech at festival

Speaking at the Wide Awake Festival, Mr Corbyn described the Prime Minister’s remarks as ‘nonsense’.

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2 w. ago Mauritius PM boasts of 'great victory' on Chagos Islands after Keir Starmer agrees Brits will pay £30BILLION to keep military base after handing over the British territory

Ministers have insisted the deal to transfer sovereignty of the British territory is 'good value' - despite Sir Keir's counterpart describing it as a 'great victory'.

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2 w. ago US investment firm Redbird agrees to buy Britain’s venerable Telegraph newspaper

A consortium led by U.S. investment firm Redbird Capital Partners has agreed to buy the publisher of Britain’s 170-year-old Daily Telegraph newspaper for about $674 million

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2 w. ago Youth mobility scheme shouldn’t only benefit ‘middle class kids’ – Labour MP

Sir Keir Starmer had told the Commons the newly-agreed ‘youth experience scheme’ will allow young British people to travel and work in Europe.

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2 w. ago EU reset deal puts Britain back on the world stage, says Keir Starmer

UK prime minister heralds a ‘win-win’ but faces criticism for concessions on fishing rightsKeir Starmer has vowed his EU reset deal will deliver cheaper food and energy for British people, heralding a “win-win” as he sealed the high-stakes agreement with concessions on youth visas and fishing.“Britain is back on the world stage,” the prime minister said after shaking hands on the deal with the EU’s Ursula von der Leyen in London. “It gives us unprecedented access to the EU market, the best of any country all while sticking to the red lines in our manifesto.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Labour reopens Britain's borders to the EU: Keir Starmer agrees 'youth experience' scheme with Brussels to allow 18 to 35

As part of his post-Brexit 'reset' deal with Brussels, the Prime Minister said his Labour Government would continue talks over relaxing visa rules.

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2 w. ago AP PHOTOS: The UK and the EU announce new deals and renew ties, 5 years after Brexit

Britain has struck new agreements with the European Union on boosting defense cooperation, easing food trade and border checks.

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2 w. ago Reynolds refuses to deny report saying EU fishing rights in UK waters extended for 12 years under deal – UK politics live

Business secretary pressed on whether UK has agreed to give EU trawlers longer access to British watersQ: Will the UK now be subject to EU rules?Reynolds says he would push back against that. He says UK and EU rules are currently aligned. If EU rules were to change, the UK would want a say in shaping them. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Sir Keir Starmer warned he risks Brexit vote betrayal if he agrees new deal to put the UK back under EU control in new 'Surrender Summit'

The Prime Minister is today set to sign an agreement that will mean Britain must once more follow EU laws and abide by its judges' rulings.

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2 w. ago Brexit? What Brexit? On the eve of Surrender Summit, Starmer eyes deal to cosy up to Brussels with hundreds of millions of UK taxpayers' cash

The scheme is expected to include a youth mobility scheme - dubbed free movement 'by the back door' - and an agreement to allow EU trawlers to fish in British waters.

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2 w. ago On the eve of Surrender Summit, Starmer eyes deal to cosy up to Brussels with hundreds of millions of UK taxpayers' cash

The scheme is expected to include a youth mobility scheme - dubbed free movement 'by the back door' - and an agreement to allow EU trawlers to fish in British waters.

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3 w. ago Waitrose rules out buying American beef and chicken as supermarket vows to 'stand with British farmers' following US trade deal

The supermarket giant made the commitment to 'stand with British farmers' after Sir Keir agreed to cut tariffs on US beef imports.

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3 w. ago Defiant Starmer swipes that critics of his 'island of strangers' immigration crackdown are 'talking rubbish' as Labour backlash mounts... despite poll suggesting Brits agree

Keir Starmer gave short shrift to a rebuke over the his policy shift as he took PMQs this lunchtime.

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3 w. ago Watch live: Starmer faces Badenoch at PMQs after immigration crackdown backlash

Watch live as Keir Starmer faces Kemi Badenoch at PMQs on Wednesday (14 May), as he continues to face criticism for his “island of stranger speech”.

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3 w. ago Inside Netflix’s Fred and Rose West documentary: ‘There are huge, huge lessons here’

The director of the streamer’s latest ‘A British Horror Story’ series tells Ellie Harrison why he agreed to make a show about the husband-and-wife serial killers – and how he wanted to challenge the traditional true-crime audience

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3 w. ago British soldiers will be sent to fight Russia alongside EU troops under a landmark new pact

Laked documents revealed that the UK and EU are set to unveil a defence agreement next week, bringing Britain into the deepest military alignment with the EU since its historic 2020 departure.

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4 w. ago How Singalong Starmer got his deal and a bit part in Trump, the Musical | Marina Hyde

Finally, a British prime minister has landed a trade agreement with the US. It’s just a shame it’s not a very good oneA huge day in import-export yesterday, as even Rome’s billion-per-cent tariff on American popes was lifted. The much bigger news, though, concerned the partial easing of recently imposed import taxes on British goods in the form of a starter UK-US trade deal, leaving the biggest little country in the world basking in the glow of an achievement our own prime minister seemed to hint had something of VE Day to it. In Britain, we have an old saying about dejection – “you look like you’ve lost a pound and found a sixpence” – but this was an entirely new spin on that scenario, given we were mostly celebrating being back to paying 10% more tariffs than we were subject to a few weeks ago. Yessss! A sixpence! Good times.Before we get to the specifics of the deal, the theatre. I do find myself increasingly mesmerised by Trump’s Oval Office tableaux, which typically feature him...

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4 w. ago British Airways owner to buy Boeing jets after US and UK agree trade deal

US president promises ‘breakthrough’ pact will be first of many as he signals optimism on China talks

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