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Britain to criminalise protests outside homes of public officials under new law

Britain's police will be given powers to stop demonstrations aimed at influencing officials in their public duties or private lives.

Britain’s ex-PM Sunak to take up roles at Microsoft, Anthropic

Mr Sunak will be a part-time senior adviser at Microsoft, and a part-time senior adviser with Anthropic.

UK retailers demand return of tax-free shopping in tourism plan

Making purchases exempt from VAT could result in £3.65 billion (S$6.3 billion) of additional spending by visitors from the European Union.

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United States President Donald Trump answering reporters' questions during a July 8 Cabinet meeting at the White House.

Former British PM Rishi Sunak joins Goldman Sachs as adviser

Mr Rishi Sunak (centre) was Britain's prime minister between October 2022 and July 2024.

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epa12031468 Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary To Lam (R) and China's President Xi Jinping (L) leave after their meeting at the Office of the Party Central Committee in Hanoi, Vietnam, 14 April 2025. The Chinese president is on a state visit to Vietnam from 14 to 15 April 2025. EPA-EFE/NHAC NGUYEN / POOL

Ex-Conservative MP among 15 charged over 2024 UK election timing bets

FILE PHOTO: Conservative Party candidate Craig Williams speaks after the results of the constituency of Montgomeryshire at a counting centre for Britain's general election in Builth Wells, Britain, December 13, 2019. REUTERS/Rebecca Naden/File Photo

UK Labour Party struggles at first conference in power

British Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner and Prime Minister Keir Starmer applaud at Britain's Labour Party's annual conference in Liverpool, Britain, September 23, 2024. REUTERS/Phil Noble

China and UK must be able to talk frankly and cooperate, Starmer tells Xi

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer awaits the arrival of Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq al-Said at Downing Street, in London, Britain, August 6, 2024. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

UK Covid-19 inquiry to issue first report on preparedness

FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends a news conference to outline the government's new long-term coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic plan, at Downing Street in London, Britain, February 21, 2022. Tolga Akmen/Pool via REUTERS

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