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The British government said it will go ahead with plans to build the second phase of a high-speed rail line that will run from London through Birmingham in central England to cities such as Manchester and Leeds.
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Trades Union Congress General Secretary Brendan Barber said Bank of England Governor Mervyn King ’s speech this week will attract “a lot of interest” from his members after one union leader pledged to boycott it.
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News Corp. was asked to reveal who at its News of the World tabloid hired an ex-policeman to follow the leader of Britain’s transportation union after surveillance practices were analyzed at a judge-led inquiry into the press.
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Bank of England Governor Mervyn King will face questions on bonuses and tax policy from a “stony” audience at the Trades Union Congress today, according to the leader of Britain’s fifth-biggest labor union.
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Sienna Miller’s phone-hacking claims against Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World tabloid threaten to tarnish News Corp. ’s reputation just as it seeks government approval for the purchase of British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc .
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Britain is to invest 9.4 billion pounds ($14.6 billion) in the rail network over the next several years as the government tries to boost the ailing economy.
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London’s 3.5 million subway commuters will face more travel misery getting home tonight with London Underground unlikely to return to a normal service until tomorrow morning after a 24-hour strike.
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David Cameron ’s government has switched its focus in talks with U.K. banks to boosting business lending from cutting pay, officials familiar with the situation said, marking a retreat from public statements last year.
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London’s 3.5 million subway commuters struggled to get into work today as London Underground workers stage a strike over plans to cut 800 jobs.
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U.K. union leaders warned of strike action as they urged the public to join millions of workers in a campaign to halt government plans for the deepest budget cuts since World War II.
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