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Defence lawyer calls for top-to-bottom review of UK fraud agency

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Prime minister unveils government’s plan for dealing with Covid-19

The British army is ready to support police in maintaining public order as part of government planning for the worst case scenario spread of coronavirus, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday.

Ireland's unemployment rate was 4.8% in February, unchanged from the previous month, the Central Statistics Office said on Tuesday.

Italy's Banco BPM said it would increase dividend payments under a new strategic plan, betting on higher fees and falling loan loss charges to drive profit to 770 million euros ($856 million) in 2023. Italy's third-largest bank, born in 2017 from the merger of two mid-sized cooperative lenders, said it...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday considers a challenge backed by President Donald Trump's administration to the structure of a federal agency assigned to protect consumers in the financial sector that could undermine its independence from presidential interference.

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Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said policymakers around the world were working on a "powerful and timely" response to the economic hit from coronavirus which has raised fears of a new global recession.