PRESS DIGEST-British Business - June 23

Reuters
23 Jun
PRESS DIGEST-British Business - June 23

June 23 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the business pages of British newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

The Times

- British broadband company Community Fibre is considering launching a new mobile telecoms operator, exploring opportunities to start offering e-Sim services as early as this summer.

- Nigel Farage, leader of Britain's populist, right-wing Reform UK party, is set to announce a radical tax policy that will offer non-doms the chance to pay a 250,000-pound ($335,825) fee to shield them from tax, with the proceeds going directly to the lowest paid.

The Guardian

- From Monday, general practitioners in England will be allowed to prescribe Eli Lilly's LLY.N weight loss drug Mounjaro to severely obese people on the NHS.

- The leaders of Britain, France and Germany on Sunday urged Iran not to take any actions that would further destabilise the region following U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities overnight.

The Telegraph

- British Airways and Singapore Airlines SIAL.SI have suspended flights to Dubai in the wake of U.S. air strikes on Iran in the early hours of Sunday morning.

- British supermarket group Morrisons has ordered its staff working in its head office back to their desks five days a week as the supermarket battles to revive its fortunes.

Sky News

- British Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said the threat to Britain from Iran is already at a "significant level" and could increase following the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.

- London police said they had charged seven Iranians with grievous bodily harm after a reported fight at a protest near the embassy last week.

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