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British government lawyers tell asylum seekers that unless they go back to Sri Lanka they will be removed to undisclosed country Tamil refugees seeking asylum from the British-claimed Chagos Islands face being forcibly removed to a third country under Rwanda-style plans drawn up by the UK government. Government lawyers have told the asylum seekers that if they cannot be returned to Sri Lanka they will instead be removed to another undisclosed country. Continue reading… ​British government lawyers tell asylum seekers that unless they go back to Sri Lanka they will be removed to undisclosed countryTamil refugees seeking asylum from the…

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Bank of England dismisses FT report over planned multibillion-pound sell-off as ‘inaccurate’ UK business live – latest news updates UK government borrowing costs have risen after the Bank of England dismissed a report that it could delay the sale of billions of pounds of bonds in an attempt to boost market stability after the mini-budget. The yield – or interest rate – on 10-year government bonds rose by more than 0.1 percentage points to trade above 4% after the central bank said the report in the Financial Times was inaccurate. Continue reading… ​Bank of England dismisses FT report over planned…

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CMA says takeover of gif creation website limits choice for social media users Facebook’s parent company, Meta, has been ordered by the UK competition watchdog to sell the gif creation website Giphy, the first time the regulator has blocked a deal struck by a big Silicon Valley company. The Competition and Markets Authority told Meta in November that the only way to resolve competition concerns was to dispose of Giphy, the largest supplier of animated gifs to social networks such as Snapchat, TikTok and Twitter, which it acquired two years ago for $400m (£290m). Continue reading… ​CMA says takeover of…

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