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Cutting takeaway taxes, UKIP seeks path to voters' hearts
BOLTON, England If food is the way to a man's heart, cutting tax on Britain's much-loved fish and chips is the way Paul Nuttall, leader of the anti-EU UKIP party, hopes to win over the country's voters.
Former PM Blair urges Britons to "rise up" against May's Brexit plan
LONDON Former British prime minister Tony Blair issued a battle cry against a so-called 'hard Brexit' on Friday, calling on voters, businesses and campaigners to "rise up" and back a coordinated effort to temper the terms of, or even halt, Britain's EU exit. | Video
British consumers battered by Brexit inflation
LONDON British shoppers unexpectedly cut back on their spending in January as last year's Brexit vote pushed up inflation, official data showed on Friday, the strongest sign to date that the country's economy is heading for a slowdown. | Video
London to introduce vehicle pollution tax from October
LONDON London will introduce a charge on the oldest and most polluting vehicles from October in a new effort to improve air quality, Mayor Sadiq Khan said on Friday.
RBS proposes abandoning sale of Williams & Glyn unit
Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc has proposed abandoning the planned sale of its Williams & Glyn unit after a seven-year struggle to sell the small business lender to meet European Union state aid demands.
Britain, China pledge to promote free trade
SHANGHAI China and Britain have pledged to promote free trade and cooperate on building a open world economy, fanning efforts to shore up what the two governments have called a "golden era" in their relationship, the Xinhua news agency reported on Friday.
UK pensions body backs rules to toughen up corporate pay votes
LONDON Britain's Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) on Friday called for new rules to ensure a 'super majority' of investors were needed to sign of on a company's pay plans, as part of a government consultation.
Suffragette's historian son Richard Pankhurst dies, Ethiopia mourns
ADDIS ABABA Richard Pankhurst, the son of the British women's rights campaigner Sylvia Pankhurst who became one of the world's leading experts on Ethiopian history and culture, has died aged 89.
Pro-Brexit economists urge UK to unilaterally scrap tariffs
LONDON Britain should be prepared to scrap all tariffs on imports unilaterally when it leaves the European Union to give consumers and the broader economy a boost, even if it hurts some businesses, economists who favour Brexit said on Thursday.
Union rejects Southern Rail deal in blow to commuters
LONDON A deal which promised to end one of Britain's longest and most damaging rail strikes collapsed on Thursday after members of a train drivers' union voted to reject it.