LONDON (Reuters) - Irish bookmaker Paddy Power said Friday it had cut the odds on Pope Benedict XVI resigning after allegations of child abuse by priests in Germany gripped the Roman Catholic Church.[Read more...]
LONDON (Reuters) - The financial regulator said on Wednesday its tougher supervision of products will stop short of requiring pre-authorisation like in the drugs industry.[Read more...]
LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee maintained the pause in its quantitative easing programme and left interest rates at 0.5 percent on Thursday, as widely expected.[Read more...]
LONDON (Reuters) - A lack of support for British soldiers between deployments is damaging morale and risks undermining the army’s ability to sustain its campaign in Afghanistan over the coming years, the head of the army said.[Read more...]
LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England should be ready to move either way on adding or taking away stimulus to the economy, Monetary Policy Committee member David Miles said on Thursday.[Read more...]
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - The average British woman’s cosmetic bag is out of date by a worrying four years, according to a study on Wednesday.[Read more...]
LONDON (Reuters) - The record national debt is the biggest threat to the economy, the Conservative Party will say on Wednesday as it puts the Labour government’s economic record at the centre of its election campaign.[Read more...]
LONDON (Reuters) - MPs called on Tuesday for the creation of a National Security Committee to deal with counter-terrorism issues, citing concerns about “institutional inertia” in the present set-up.[Read more...]
LONDON (Reuters) - Former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on Thursday he deeply regretted the loss of life in Iraq but defended his decision to back the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.[Read more...]
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will offer train operators franchises of up to 22 years in three railway networks due to go out to tender shortly, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.[Read more...]
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