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China invited to Rishi Sunak’s AI summit despite Westminster spy row

China has been invited to attend Rishi Sunak’s flagship summit on artificial intelligence despite tensions with Beijing.

Relations with China have been strained by a series...

Tue, 19/09/2023 - 15:25

UPDATE: UK’s Starmer meets Macron to burnish international standing

British opposition chief Keir Starmer on Tuesday held talks with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, seeking to enhance his standing as a potential international...

Tue, 19/09/2023 - 14:39

UK opposition leader Starmer to test French waters at Macron meeting

French President Emmanuel Macron will meet UK opposition chief Keir Starmer Tuesday, a chance for both men to strike up a political relationship with the...

Tue, 19/09/2023 - 06:15

UPDATE: UK’s Rishi Sunak rules out new Brexit trade talks with EU

Rishi Sunak has ruled out renegotiating the post-Brexit trade deal with the EU after Keir Starmer vowed to seek a ‘much better’ agreement.

Downing Street said...

Mon, 18/09/2023 - 14:28

UK opposition Labour would seek ‘better’ Brexit deal from Brussels

Keir Starmer has said he will be seeking a closer trading relationship with the EU if Labour wins the next UK election.

The Labour leader spent...

Mon, 18/09/2023 - 06:40

Unfair to call my mini-budget tax cuts unfunded, Liz Truss to claim

Liz Truss is set to urge the government to cut taxes, shrink welfare spending and raise the retirement age in a speech one year on...

Mon, 18/09/2023 - 06:21

UK manufacturing firms put recruitment on hold amid slowdown fears

Plans by manufacturing firms to recruit more staff have stopped amid a slowdown in orders, new research suggests.

A survey of more than 300 manufacturers showed...

Mon, 18/09/2023 - 06:00

TOP NEWS: UK selling prices see biggest drop since March 2019

The average UK new seller asking price in September was ‘lower than is usual’ for this time of the year, according to data from Rightmove...

Mon, 18/09/2023 - 05:46

Ireland exports to Great Britain surge; services producer prices rise

Irish exports and imports rose annually in July, as the country exported far more to Great Britain but imported less from it, the country’s Central...

Fri, 15/09/2023 - 11:48

Thousands of jobs at risk at Port Talbot despite UK state aid

The UK government is to pump up to £500 million into Britain’s biggest steelworks as part of plans to produce ‘greener’ steel which could also...

Fri, 15/09/2023 - 11:46

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