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Oct 16 (Reuters) – The following are the top stories on the business pages of British newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. The Times – British money manager Neil Woodford’s investment empire disintegrated on Tuesday as the stockpicker announced plans to shut …

* FTSE 100 down 0.4%, FTSE 250 down 1.2% * UK indexes ease after Friday’s rally * Sophos jumps on buyout deal, leads peer Avast higher * Royal Mail drops as threat of Christmas strike looms (Adds news items, analyst comments, updates share prices) By Shashwat Awasthi Oct 14 (Reuters) …

East Midlands Airport has launched a complex, two year programme looking at redesigning its flight paths. Because of an increase in the amount of freight going into and out of the Castle Donington airport, management are looking at ways of improving existing flight paths without creating more noise and pollution. …

  Corbyn tries to unite Labour Party to solve Brexit crisis for ruling class By Thomas Scripps 21 September 2019 The Labour Party conference beginning Saturday will be dominated by the conflict over the party’s Brexit policy. At least 81 motions have been submitted by local branches calling on the …

Sept 20 (Reuters) – The following are the top stories on the business pages of British newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. The Times British travel company Thomas Cook Group Plc’s chances of survival are in the balance as it struggles to …

With Brexit likely hard and painful now looming large on the horizon, and what appears to be a mess of galactic proportions taking place in Westminster, now seems the most opportune time for the 18,000 EU citizens living in Cornwall to apply for the EU Settled Status. Considering the mess …

Aug 23 (Reuters) – The following are the top stories on the business pages of British newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. The Times – French President Emmanuel Macron told British Prime Minister Boris Johnson that the Irish backstop was “indispensable” as …

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1051/29400 From The Socialist newspaper, 31 July 2019 New Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson, photo by David Spender/CC   (Click to enlarge) James Ivens, East London Socialist Party The Liberal Democrats, Britain’s most shopworn and undeservingly smug little bosses’ party, have elected a new leader. Jo Swinson …

A senior Iranian politician has threatened to seize a British oil tanker if its vessel which was detained off the coast of Gibraltar is not ‘immediately’ released. Mohsen Rezaee, secretary of Iran’s Expediency Discernment Council and commander in the Revolutionary Guards, said it was Iran’s ‘duty’ to retaliate after Royal Marines …

Iran has accused the UK of ‘illegally seizing’ one of its oil tankers off the coast of Gibraltar, which British officials said was heading for a refinery in Syria. The British ambassador in Tehran has been summoned to explain the raid on the Grace 1 tanker, which was carried out …