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French President Emmanuel Macron is due to arrive in the UK on Tuesday morning for the first state visit by a French leader since 2008. Bloomberg's Alex Morgan breaks down the significance of this visit and what's on the agenda for Macron during his multi-day trip. (Source: Bloomberg)...

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LONDON (dpa-AFX) - Die sehr wechselhafte Beziehungsgeschichte zwischen Frankreich und Großbritannien bekommt Emmanuel Macron noch einmal vorgeführt. Zum Auftakt des Staatsbesuchs des französischen Präsidenten im Vereinigten Königreich an diesem Dienstag ......

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LONDON (dpa-AFX) - Der französische Präsident Emmanuel Macron reist an diesem Dienstag zu einem dreitägigen Staatsbesuch nach Großbritannien. Macron und seine Ehefrau Brigitte werden von der Königsfamilie empfangen, auf dem Programm stehen unter anderem ......

Exclusive: Phones 4u founder, who switched from the Tories, says wealth tax would be very destructive to growthUK politics live – latest updatesLabour's most high-profile billionaire backer, who switched allegiance from the Conservatives, has said he is “increasingly nervous” about the government's direction and is in “despair of politicians”.John Caudwell, the Phones 4u founder, said Labour's winter fuel payments cut was a “fiasco” and ministers were not doing nearly enough to attract investment into the UK. Continue reading......

British industry could still be hit by levy on exports to US as No 10 confirms deal on reduction not completedBusiness live – latest updatesBritish steelmakers face a nervous wait to discover if they will be hit by US tariffs, after the UK government said it was attempting to complete a deal to protect the industry from Donald Trump's trade war.The US has set a 50% tariff on foreign steel and aluminium imports. While the UK has brokered a reduced rate of 25% and is trying to bring it down to zero, a deal has not yet been completed. Continue reading......

Expected interest rate cuts could support growth after drop in first-time buyers since end of stamp duty cutThe housing market was flat in June as signs emerge that the UK jobs market may be “softening”, one of Britain's biggest mortgage lenders has said.The average price for a house in the UK was £296,665 in June, according to Halifax, compared with £296,782 in May. It comes after a slight drop of 0.3% in May, although the average house price was still about 2.5% higher in June compared with a year earlier. Continue reading......

LONDON (dpa-AFX) - UK house prices remained flat in June after falling last month as more first-time buyers returned to the market, data from the mortgage lender Halifax showed on Monday.House pri......

Der Londoner U-Bahn-Terror jährt sich zum zwanzigsten Mal – wie haben sich die Überlebenden, wie hat sich die Gesellschaft verändert?...

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UK house prices failed to grow for a second straight month, as the housing market struggles to gain traction after a tax break expired and a sharp increase in sellers coming to market, according to one of the country's biggest lenders....

The UK government talked down hopes that the two-child cap on parental benefits might be scrapped, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer seeks to hold the line on spending after failing to push through separate controversial welfare cuts....

Steve Rotheram and Tracy Brabin urge PM to listen more, with one saying his government is 'disjointed' from the rest of LabourKeir Starmer's government appears “disjointed” from the rest of the Labour party just a year after taking power, regional mayors have said, with one blaming No 10 for overseeing “a mess of our own making”.Steve Rotheram, the Labour mayor of Liverpool city region, said Downing Street's repeated missteps were “winding up” people who wanted to back the government. Continue reading......

Bank of England policymaker Alan Taylor said UK officials cannot sidestep the question of where interest rates will settle, in a direct challenge to Governor Andrew Bailey's approach....

A recovery in housebuilding failed to prevent the UK's construction sector shrinking for the sixth successive month in June, a survey has reported....

Charlie Bean says slim margin of £10bn means chancellor 'has to neurotically fine-tune taxes to control OBR forecast'Business live – latest updatesThe former Bank of England deputy governor Charlie Bean has urged Rachel Reeves to create much wider headroom against her fiscal rules – a decision likely to require significant tax rises or spending cuts.Bean suggested that the current slim margin of less than £10bn, had led the chancellor to “fine-tune” the government's tax and spending plans to meet the Office for Budget Responsibility's (OBR) forecasts five years ahead. Continue reading......

The Bank of England's £20 billion ($27.3 billion) of corporate bond purchases failed to lower borrowing costs or boost bond issuance in the primary market, according to the central bank's own research....

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is caught between a political rebellion and a jittery bond market....

Nothing says you've lifted the mood of the nation like having to haul your chancellor to a photocall at a 'wellbeing centre'Well, British politics has served up another week of compellingly packaged action. Like Drive to Survive, but for clown cars. Leave it to “no-drama Starmer” to come up with the only thing weirder and more awful than watching the chancellor of the exchequer sob on the frontbench – wheeling her out a mere 22-and-a-half hours later for an unscheduled appearance at a wellbeing centre(!), where Rachel Reeves had to get her happy face on and pose for selfies.The whole thing gave Keir Starmer the feel of one of those remorseless boyband managers who reacts to one of their young charges having a breakdown by getting them a special injection and shoving them straight back out on stage the next night. I think you can probably do it with a member of Take That or 5ive or whoever, and only run the risk of them turning on you in a documentary decades later. But is it a vibe you want at th...