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Financial Conduct Authority signage at the regulatory body's head office in London

Britain plans to regulate 'buy now, pay later' lenders

Britain plans to make "buy now, pay later" (BNPL) companies carry out affordability checks, gain approval by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and ensure adverts are fair and clear, the government said on Monday, in measures to regulate the sector.

Britain set for biggest rail strike in decades

Rail union the RMT has said that more than 50,000 workers will take part in a three-day national strike
The government and the RMT were engaged in a war of words over the weekend, after the union's general-secretary Mick Lynch said strikes would go ahead as "no viable settlements" had been found to the disputes.
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Protest against planned deportation of asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda, Crawley

UK court allows first migrant deportation flight to Rwanda

Judges in London have thrown out last-ditch bids by human rights groups and campaigners to stop Britain sending its first flight of asylum seekers to Rwanda on Tuesday, a plan the United Nations' refugee chief described as "catastrophic".
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