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Alistair Smout

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Journo at Reuters, currently in Westminster

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Joined November 2011
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Adam Ramsay Jourdan@ARJourdanJun 18
UK in advanced talks with Nissan over Sunderland plant support, sources say reuters.com/world/china/uk-a… @geddiejdk @reuters_shiraki @asmo17 @danielleussink @Reuters
EXCLUSIVE: UK in advanced talks with Nissan over Sunderland plant support, sources say

EXCLUSIVE: UK in advanced talks with Nissan over Sunderland plant support, sources say

The British government is in advanced talks with Japanese ​carmaker Nissan about providing it financial support in return for a long-term commitment and investment in its Sunderland plant, five...

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Grant Shapps loses seat. Lab 19,877 Con 16,078 Reform on 6k. Microcosm of Tory problems right there.
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Matt Singh@MattSingh_4 Jul 2024
John Curtice saying that the first two seats fit with the broad picture of the exit poll, although the Reform share is actually slightly less than it had forecast in those seats
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🔊🇬🇧 The British Museum theft scandal revives calls to return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece. Listen to @asmo17 on the Reuters World News daily podcast reut.rs/45zinBu
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Reuters UK@ReutersUK13 Jul 2023
British approach to China risk 'completely inadequate', committee says reut.rs/470ttRl
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Reuters UK@ReutersUK20 Jun 2023
UK's Hunt says mortgage-holders should not expect financial help reut.rs/448MNt7
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Exclusive: Vodafone, Hutchison to announce UK merger as soon as Friday reut.rs/3MX105q
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Paul Sandle@paulsandle6 Jun 2023
Microsoft searching for solutions over UK block on Activision deal -president #TechPolicy2023 #techUK reuters.com/markets/deals/mi…

Microsoft's Smith meets UK finance minister after Activision block

Microsoft's president met Britain's finance minister for talks on Tuesday and said he would try to work with regulators to seek UK approval for its $69 billion purchase of "Call of Duty" maker...

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Mark Trevelyan@MarkJTrev24 May 2023
Exclusive: Russian hypersonic scientist accused of betraying secrets to China with @lucypapa96 and Filipp Lebedev reuters.com/world/russian-hy…
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UK-EU Northern Ireland deal cannot be renegotiated, Heaton-Harris tells DUP reuters.com/world/uk/uk-eu-n…

UK-EU Northern Ireland deal cannot be renegotiated - UK minister

Britain's Northern Ireland minister said on Thursday that London will not renegotiate any part of its reworked post-Brexit deal on Northern Ireland amid calls from the region's largest unionist party...

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Boris Johnson fights to save career in testimony on UK lockdown parties reut.rs/3Z9RlN3
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Guy Faulconbridge@GuyFaul16 Mar 2023
Massive congrats to @hannahmckay88 Reuters photojournalist Hannah McKay wins Photographer of the Year at the UK Press Awards. An amazingly talented photographer.
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Lots already leaked / pre-announced, but here’s a look at what might still be to come from Jeremy Hunt’s first full budget today ✍️ @BillReuters reuters.com/world/uk/hunt-he…
UK Budget: Hunt tries to jolt economy with childcare, pension reforms

UK Budget: Hunt tries to jolt economy with childcare, pension reforms

Britain's economy is the only one among Group of Seven nations yet to recover its pre-pandemic size.

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UK's Sunak will invite Biden to Northern Ireland peace anniversary reuters.com/world/europe/uks…

UK's Sunak will invite Biden to Northern Ireland peace anniversary

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will invite U.S. President Joe Biden to Northern Ireland in April to help celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, which largely brought an end...

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Britain has among the most expensive childcare in the world and it is pushing parents of young children, particularly women, out of work. Calls are growing for @Jeremy_Hunt to act in his budget next week, if he wants to help boost productivity: reuters.com/world/uk/priced-…
Priced out of work by childcare, could UK parents hold key to growth?

Priced out of work by childcare, could UK parents hold key to growth?

Last year, mother-of-two Louise Sharples found herself turning down a new job she knew she would love because the cost of full-time childcare was more than she would have earned.

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What has changed? Pro-Brexit Conservatives question UK PM Sunak's deal reuters.com/world/europe/wha…
What has changed? Pro-Brexit Conservatives question UK PM Sunak's deal

What has changed? Pro-Brexit Conservatives question UK PM Sunak's deal

A small group of pro-Brexit Conservative lawmakers are swimming against the tide of almost universal approval for a new deal between Britain and the EU on trade rules for Northern Ireland, question...

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Elizabeth Piper@piperliza27 Feb 2023
'New chapter': UK PM Sunak strikes Northern Ireland deal with EU reuters.com/world/uk/uk-eu-l…
Rishi Sunak strikes post-Brexit Northern Ireland deal with EU

Rishi Sunak strikes post-Brexit Northern Ireland deal with EU

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak struck a deal with the European Union on post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland on Monday, saying it would pave the way for a new chapter in London's relati...

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BREAKING: Britain and the European Union have reached an agreement over post-Brexit trading arrangements in Northern Ireland, a government source said reut.rs/3KGmT9R
Rishi Sunak strikes post-Brexit Northern Ireland deal with EU

Rishi Sunak strikes post-Brexit Northern Ireland deal with EU

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak struck a deal with the European Union on post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland on Monday, saying it would pave the way for a new chapter in London's relati...

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Britain, EU reach agreement on Northern Ireland post-Brexit trade - government source reuters.com/world/europe/bri…

Britain, EU reach agreement on Northern Ireland post-Brexit trade -source

Britain and the European Union have reached an agreement over post-Brexit trading arrangements in Northern Ireland, a government source said on Monday.

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Britain will not sign off on Northern Ireland deal without DUP backing - Cleverly reuters.com/world/uk/britain…
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