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LONDON (Reuters) – Two onlookers shouted at Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson when he observed relief efforts in a flood-hit district of northern England on Wednesday, several days after the worst of the flooding. “You took your time, Boris,” one person told Johnson as he walked through the area accompanied by local officials, while another

LONDON (Reuters) – The chances of a no-deal Brexit fell in the last month because UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks set to win a Dec. 12 election and secure the backing in parliament he needs to get his new Withdrawal Agreement passed, a Reuters poll found. Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends a National

FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes a statement to announce the general election at Downing Street in London, Britain, November 6, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party has a 14-point lead over the opposition Labour Party, according to a YouGov opinion poll published by broadcaster Sky

LONDON (Reuters) – Two years after a fire killed 71 people at London’s Grenfell Tower, insurance premiums for building contractors, architects and surveyors have surged by as much as several hundred percent, risking future projects, industry sources say. Combustible materials used to refurbish Grenfell were central to the chain of events in June 2017 that

FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends a National Service of Remembrance at The Cenotaph in Westminster, London, Britain, November 10, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party has edged a bit further ahead of the opposition Labour Party during the past week, an opinion poll by ICM

LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Sajid Javid said on Sunday the opposition Labour Party’s “reckless” spending plans would trigger an economic crisis within months if it won the Dec. 12 election, citing a contested dossier published by his Conservative Party. Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid departs Downing Street to attend the National

FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during an event launching the Conservative Party’s general election campaign in Birmingham, Britain, November 6, 2019. REUTERS/Phil Noble LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party has gained versus the opposition Labour Party over the past month, a poll published by the Independent newspaper showed on

British Union Jack flag flies in front of the clock face of Big Ben in London, Britain August 29, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville LONDON (Reuters) – The United Kingdom might not exist in its current form in a decade’s time, half of its citizens believe, an Ipsos MORI poll found. The 52-48% vote in 2016 to

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaks during the SNP general election campaign launch in Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain November 8, 2019. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Scottish Nationalists will seek to form “a progressive alliance” with the opposition Labour Party if an election next month results in no one winning an overall majority, but the party

FILE PHOTO: People walk through the Canary Wharf financial district of London, Britain, December 7, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson LONDON (Reuters) – British employers’ demand for staff grew in October at the slowest rate in almost eight years, a survey showed on Friday, underlining suspicions at the Bank of England that the labour market may be

LONDON (Reuters) – Two Bank of England officials unexpectedly voted to lower interest rates on Thursday to ward off an economic slowdown, and others including Governor Mark Carney said they would consider a cut if global and Brexit headwinds do not ease. FILE PHOTO: Bank of England Governor Mark Carney attends a Bank of England

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s central bank looks set to sit out the global shift towards lower interest rates on Thursday, though investors will watch for any policymaker who might break ranks and vote to give the country’s slowing economy more help. FILE PHOTO: The Bank of England and the Royal Exchange are seen in the

LONDON, England (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s election campaign launch was marred by the resignation of one of his ministers, a gaffe about the victims of a deadly tower blaze and a doctored video of an opponent released by his party. FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Metropolitan Police training college

BELFAST (Reuters) – Division among Northern Ireland’s pro-British and pro-Irish parties over Brexit has prompted tactical electoral moves that put at risk some of the seats that had given the province’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) the balance of power in London. Deputy leader of the DUP, Nigel Dodds MP speaks at the Democratic Unionist Party

LONDON (Reuters) – The United States has pushed past Germany and France as the most common trading partner for British businesses, and looks set to keep this position after Britain leaves the European Union, according to an annual survey by HSBC. FILE PHOTO: U.S. and British flags stretch along The Mall towards Buckingham Palace in

FILE PHOTO: Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage is interviewed after speaking during the Brexit Party general election campaign launch in London, Britain November 1, 2019. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – The British election is likely to result in a hung parliament and the Brexit Party’s lawmakers could be kingmakers, leader Nigel Farage said on